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// Sandy Hook Shooting //

// The Sandy Hook tragedy was very devastating. Twenty-six innocent people killed (20 kids and 6 staff). Parents are no longer able to see their children again. The Sandy Hook tragedy affected the newton community by: 1) the parents would feel emotional because they loss their child, there was no security there to prevent the shooting, and it affected them socially because it’s going to be hard to tell their other children what happened to their sibling or peer; 2) Sandy Hook tragedy prevention should have had more security and surveillance, and 3) now the students who went to Sandy Hook have to go to a new school. According to Wikipedia on " December 14, 2012, Adam Lanza, 20, fatally shot twenty children and six adult staff members in a mass murder at Sandy Hook Elementary School in the village of [|Sandy Hook] in [|New town, Connecticut] . Before driving to the school, Lanza had shot and killed his mother Nancy at their New town home. As first res-ponders arrived, he committed [|suicide] by shooting himself in the head. The incident is the second deadliest mass shooting by a single person in American history, after the 2007 [|Virginia Tech massacre]. It is the second deadliest mass murder at an American elementary school, after the 1927 [|Bath School bombings] in Michigan. The shootings prompted renewed debate about [|gun control] in the United States, and a proposal for new legislation banning the sale and manufacture of certain types of semi-automatic [|firearms] and [|magazines] with more than ten rounds of ammunition." //

// The Sandy Hook tragedy affected the New town community in an emotional way because they loss their child, there was no security to prevent the shooting, and they didn't have their last chance to say their goodbyes. In “Handling Tragedy: How to talk to kids about Sandy Hook” Dr.Allen Mendler states “Many parents and teachers are at a loss about what to say and how to reassure their kids after the horrifying ‘unspeakable’ events at the Sandy Hook. The right words, especially with younger children, need to blend explanation with reassurance.” This shows how people were affected emotionally because its already hard enough knowing that you never going to see your child again and now your supposed tell the others kids what happened. In Sandy Hook article Ben Brumfied states that Sandy Hook kids now go to Chalk Hill Middle school and the school has now increased the security by adding new locks and surveillance cameras. This is better for the kids because if anything happens then they have security could prevent it. The Sandy Hook tragedy affected the New town community in an emotional way because parents could no longer see their child and there was not enough security to prevent the shooting. In the articles Handling Tragedy: How to talk to kids about the Sandy Hook Shooting by Dr.Allen Mendler and Sandy Hook by Ben Brumfied, both articles assert that it’s going to be hard for parents to explain to the other kids about the shooting and what school the children attend now. //

// The Sandy Hook tragedy affected the New town community because there should have been more security and surveillance. In “Sandy Hook: The clean Crime Scene” by questions untamed states that “ The school had a new security system for their front door with video surveillance cameras and would alert the authorities of a break-in.” This tells us that there was no security but surveillance cameras to identify the killer. In the article Sandy Hook AR-15 hoax? Still no school surveillance footage released // // “Why has no surveillance footage been released from the Sandy Hook shooting, showing Adam Lanza blasting away with an AR-15? // // Here’s why the non-release of this video footage is so interesting: // // Every time a school shooting takes place, one of the very first things that get released to the media is the school surveillance footage depicting the gun and the shooter. The purpose of this is to associate the pain and anguish of the massacre to the image of a scary-looking rifle.” This tells us that if there was a shooting why doesn't Sandy Hook Elementary having any footage on the shooting. The Sandy Hook tragedy affected the New town community because there should had been more security and surveillance. In the two articles they are trying to tell us that Sandy Hook didn't have security to alert the authorities of the break-in and didn't have footage of Adam Lanza breaking in and shooting the children and staff. //

// The Sandy Hook tragedy affected the New town community because now the students who went to Sandy Hook have to go to a new school. In the article New town task force: Tear down Sandy Hook Elementary School, rebuild on same site by Dylan Stable ford states that “NEW TOWN, Conn.—After weeks of emotional, sometimes-contentious debate, a task force charged with deciding the future of Sandy Hook Elementary School recommended tearing down the school and building a new one on the same property where a gunman killed 26 people—including 20 children—in December in one of the worst school massacres in U.S. history. Shows that they want to make a better school for the children to go and make sure it’s safer. Also in this article found that “ Last week at a tense town meeting, officials struggled to come to an agreement on a plan, narrowing the choices to three: renovating the existing structure; building on a new site; or a new Sandy Hook Elementary School at its current location—the plan they ultimately settled on.” This shows that they are already making plans about the new school. The Sandy hook tragedy affected the New town community because now the students who went to Sandy Hook have to go to a new school and showed by the articles they are already planning ideas and what the school is going to look like. //

// The Sandy Hook tragedy affected the New town community in an emotional way because they loss their child and there was no security to prevent the shooting. The Sandy Hook tragedy prevention should have more security and more surveillance. Finally now the students who went to Sandy Hook have to go to a new school. My thesis is important on this topic in real world/ to everyone’s life because this could happen to any school and if not keeping track on who comes in and out of the school then something serious will happen. //