It was the worst U.S. massacre since the 2007 rampage at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
The second-worst mass shooting in U.S. history.

Along with six adults, twelve little girls and eight little boys never had a chance.

Kaitlin Roig, a first-grade teacher, told her students, "There are bad guys out there now. We have to wait for the good guys.”
She told the children she loved them, in case those were the last words they heard.
The heartbreaking news affected me deeply.

Just to be clear, all of the damage was done with a long rifle and I believe that these are legal even in W. European countries for the purpose of hunting. Granted, the particular type was one which looks much like an assault rifle but is in fact not much different from any number of other semi-auto long rifles.

Beyond that, all of the guns possessed by the killer were owned by his mother who owned them legally in a state, Connecticut, which has some of the most stringent gun laws in the US. From what I heard, they are very similar to the laws we have here in NJ.

Finally, as has been pointed out ad nauseum after each such tragedy, sick people who wish to take innocent lives will always find a means to do so.

sick pep will always find there means. if the very strickest gun laws were in place then it could of been a kittchen knife or a vehicle or even a bomb. Laws do not stop the killings..period. pep do the killings not the item of choice.

...note only 22 kids injured, NOT killed! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-20724384