NEWTOWN, CONN. - Students returned to
school in the shattered Connecticut town of Newtown on Tuesday for the
first time since a gunman’s rampage killed 26 people in an elementary
school, reviving the gun control debate in Washington and prompting a
retailer to pull guns from shelves.
Sandy Hook Elementary, where 20-year-old Adam Lanza gunned down a
score of 6- and 7-year-olds and six adults on Friday, will remain
closed. It was an active crime scene, with police coming and going past a
line of 26 Christmas trees, one for each victim, decorated with
ornaments, stuffed animals and balloons in the school colors of green
and white.
The rest of Newtown’s schools reopened with grief counselors and police present.
The massacre of young children shocked Americans who had grown
accustomed to mass shootings, prompting some U.S. lawmakers to call for
tighter gun restrictions and pressuring one private equity firm to sell
its investment in a gunmaker.
http://www.ottawasun.com/2012/12/18/newtown-students-to-return-to-classes-in-wake-of-school-massacre
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