Connecticut Shooting

It has become a dark and saddening day for all of us in the United States after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.  As of right now, I am not going over the numbers of who has died and who are injured after the event, but the way this day has gone, I do need to address this situation.

First of all, I've been watching all of the coverage since about Noon this afternoon.  Just like most of you, I have been watching with sadness and heartbreak after the deaths of so many people, especially innocent children.  There are so many people who need our prayers and blessings after this heinous act today.  I want to go through this tragic event in multiple ways.

The news coverage has been a big of a "hit and miss" scenario.  CNN's coverage has been the main one that I've been looking at throughout the day and they have been better than the others.  Going to local reports and getting first-hand takes on the shooting.  Now all the other cable networks have done this as well.  Fox news may have gone out of their reporting basis when they tried interviewing a mother of one of the students in the school not too long after the shooting was first reported.  But I guess it is better than trying to interview children, which some networks did do and has come as upsetting to some people I have talked to.

The social media coverage has been a great way of seeing how others are dealing with it.  I have been on Facebook ever since the tragedy took place and seen how friends have been reacting to the tragedy (so many heartbroken).  On Twitter, so many celebrities have been tweeting their prayers out to those affected.  The social media places are also important places to get updates on the shooting.  Many individuals have been sending retweets on the topic from news organizations.  It may not be the best way to follow, but it can become a way to keep in touch with certain situations.

As far as gun control is concerned, this has become the third major shooting in the last 2 weeks.  Who could forget the murder-suicide of the Kansas City Chiefs football player who shot and killed his girlfriend before killing himself.  Then, on Tuesday, a shooting at a Portland, OR, mall killed 2 people.  When you total that with the Theater mass shooting in Colorado and other shootings, we have to discuss how we can keep these things from happening.  I can't say if there is a way to stop these things, but I hope that some day, we can stop these heinous actions from happening.

In conclusion, I want to hear from anyone and everyone about this situation and give me your take on gun control.  How can we stop these acts from happening in this country?  Is there a way to stop it?  Let me know.  And to those who lost a love one today in this shooting, my thoughts and prayers go out to all of you and may God bless all of you forever and ever, Amen.