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Live updates from Connecticut and around the country.December 15
Coverage of the aftermath of the Connecticut attack that left 20 children and six staff members dead.December 14
Activist filmmakers in Cairo have released a series of Web videos urging their fellow citizens to reject a new constitution hastily approved last month by Islamist allies of President Mohamed Morsi.December 14
Two Palestinian journalists working for Reuters were punched by Israeli soldiers as they tried to reach the scene of a fatal shooting at a West Bank checkpoint this week.December 14
Multiple people, mostly children, were shot in Newtown, Conn., at the Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Showing posts with label Shooting. Show all posts
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Friday, December 21, 2012
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Twitter, Facebook Direct Anger At NRA After School Shooting
After a tragedy such as the shooting deaths of a reported 27 (including the gunman) at Sandy Hook Elementary on Friday morning, there's always a debate: How much time must pass before one can weigh in on the politics on gun control?
Of course, some on Facebook and Twitter have chosen not to wait. And they're directing their anger at the most well-known gun advocacy group in the country: the National Rifle Association.
The organization's official Twitter account, @NRA, has become the target of Twitter's collective ire on Friday after the Newtown shootings. Take a look at what people are saying.
Read more below.
Of course, that's only a sampling. The anger is evident on Facebook, too, as the Daily Dot notes. There, the website reported, anti-gun Facebook users latched onto an NRA post giving a free "auto emergency tool." Users argued that the attacks wouldn't have happened with stricter gun control laws that the NRA has advocated against, per the Dot.
At the time of writing, the NRA's Facebook page appears to be down. As for its Twitter account, which usually updates three to four times a day, it's been silent since 9:39 a.m., about the time the shootings began.
Parents React To The School Shooting
Typically, on Fridays at HuffPost Parents, we round up tweets about parenting. They are often funny quotes from kids and sound bites about raising them. But today, we just want to hug our children and that sentiment has echoed around the web. So, this week's tweets are different. Here is just a sampling of the emotional reactions from moms and dads that reflect what we are feeling in the wake of an elementary school shooting.
@BackpackingDad BackpackingDad "PICK ALL THE FIGHTS!" ~what my brain is yelling at me right now. "Go get the kids." ~what my heart is murmuring.
@dcorneal devon corneal I will not pick my son up early from school. I will not pick my son up early from school. #NewtonShooting
Francesca Annis I'm avoiding social media the rest of the day. My heart is shredded by #Newton today. I'm taking the 7yo out for ice cream after school.
@ReillyDoug Doug Reilly Picking up my 9YO from school today was shockingly hard. Sadness, anger, and also reason, screaming for us to talk about #GunControlNow
@AmandaMagee Amanda Magee It is going to become more and more clear that keeping our children safe means changing the world. It can and has to be done.
@MarinkaNYC MarinkaNYC I see many posts on how to talk to children about the tragedy. I'd appreciate one on how to talk to adults about it because I'm at a loss.
Jen Braico 7yo: "It should be impossible for people to get guns." No kidding.
@therealtedadams Ted Adams I can't believe anyone believes the solution to this problem is more guns. I'm going to enjoy my weekend w/my kid & hope common sense wins.
@mommyniri Niri Time feels like it is dragging as I wait for my elementary kid at the bus stop. Many moms after today won't get to do that, ..ever
@postpartumprog Katherine Stone About to pick my kids up at bus stop. I will not sob over them. I will not. I will not cry all over my children. Drawing up strength.
miss james my heart goes out to the children, teachers and families in connecticut today. what a terrible horrific tragedy. holding my own extra close.
@HowToBeADad Charlie N Andy Bear hug your kids extra tight today. -Charlie & Andy
@jkottke Jason Kottke Off to see my kids to give them all of the hugs.
@Mom101 Liz Gumbinner Thanks for making me not feel so alone in this.
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