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by Lainie Anderson

16 Dec 05:59am

Filed under: America, Barack Obama, Gun Laws, Gun Lobby, Mass Shootings

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For hours, I’ve been arguing with my husband about how to start this column.

The time is now

I want to begin as a mum, with an emotional response to America’s worst school shooting – to write about how sad and angry I feel that 20 little kids have been gunned down.

I want to express my sorrow for the families in Connecticut who will never again experience the joy of Christmas without grieving for a lost child – who are right now planning funerals instead of wrapping presents.

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philip says:

03:58pm | 16/12/12

and once everyone is disarmed and hoIding fIowers just watch when another country invades and this is not a strawman argument either if you want peace you must prepare for war at aII times. Read more »
CJ Johnson says:

03:54pm | 16/12/12

OOPS, except none of those who were attacked in China died. Some are in bad shape, yes, but are expect to recover completely. And did you read in the article where he was subdued by Security guards. As in, this was violent and horrible, but not a single person lost… Read more »

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