All schools are in lockdown in the US city of Ridgefield because of a suspicious person, local media quoted police as saying Monday.
It would not be hard to convince many of us who live on the West Coast of the United States of the painfully obvious need for severe gun-restriction laws and attendant gun-control enforcement.
The gunman who killed 20 children and six adults at a Connecticut elementary school fired 154 rounds in less than 5 minutes, selecting high capacity magazines from a home arsenal stocked with swords, knives and a cache of guns, officials said.
Obama attempted to inject fresh momentum into efforts to pass gun-control legislation, pleading with US lawmakers not to forget those shot to death in Newtown three months ago.
A police officer holds a modified gun that was turned in its owner at a gun buyback held by the Los Angeles Police Department in Los Angeles, California, Dec 26, 2012 following the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.
California lawmakers rolled out proposals on Tuesday to close loopholes in the state's assault weapons ban and restrict ammunition sales.
The schools of Newtown, which stood empty in the wake of a shooting rampage that took 26 of their own, will again ring with the sounds of students and teachers on Tuesday as the bucolic Connecticut town struggles to return to normal.
All schools are in lockdown in the US city of Ridgefield because of a suspicious person, local media quoted police as saying Monday.
US President Barack Obama vowed on Sunday to battle gun violence, as a Connecticut town prepared to bury the first two victims of last Friday's rampage at an elementary school.
It would not be hard to convince many of us who live on the West Coast of the United States of the painfully obvious need for severe gun-restriction laws and attendant gun-control enforcement.
US President Barack Obama said Sunday night that he would use the powers of his office to try and end mass shootings.
Washington heavyweights debated on whether the country needs to tighten laws that control assault weapons after 20 children died in a shooting.
Hu sends condolences over school shooting
Comment: Improve school security
The victims of the US school shooting were shot multiple times by semiautomatic rifle, the medical examiner said on Saturday, and he called the injuries "devastating".
Stars from several different sports took to Twitter on Friday to try to cope with the school shooting in Connecticut, and the NFL asked each of its teams to observe a moment of silence before this weekend's games to pay respect to the victims.
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