Adam Lanza
‘Now is the time,’ Obama says, for stronger gun control measures
A $500 million gun control plan unveiled by President Barack Obama has been called one of the most comprehensible federal gun control proposals since the 1960s. But critics warn the administration will need to be strategic in order to get the measures passed.
Company that Made Adam Lanza’s Assault Rifle Up for Sale
The Freedom Group, described by Takeaway partner The New York Times as “the most powerful and mysterious force in the American commercial gun industry,” manufactured some of the weapons used by the Washington, D.C. sniper in 2002, by James Holmes in Aurora, Colorado, and by Adam Lanza in Newtown, Connecticut last Friday. While a majority […]
Mother of Child with Asperger’s: ‘Autism Is Not an Explanatory Factor in [Adam Lanza’s] Actions’
As conversations about the shooting in Newtown, Connecticut begin to center around guns and mental health, one woman is advocating a careful look at the latter. Emily Willingham has a son who is diagnosed with Asperger syndrome. She said: “No one knows as of this writing what drove the Connecticut shooter to kill 20 children and […]
Shooting at Connecticut School Leaves Dozens Dead
We’ll have live updates starting at 3 PM Eastern on the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut that has reportedly left at least 27 people dead, including over a dozen children. As of 1:59 PM, multiple news agencies are reporting that nine adults and eighteen children were killed in an attack at Sandy Hook Elementary School […]