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Fear of being committed may have caused Connecticut gunman to snap

The gunman who slaughtered 20 children and six adults at a Connecticut  elementary school may have snapped because his mother was planning to commit him  to a psychiatric facility.

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Burlington Iowa Letters to Falcon West Burlington

Gunman Likely a Known Risk

Falcon:

I think the Burlington High School has had an armed policeman patroling the halls for years now in order to keep the schools safe from whoever may be threatening those there trying to get an education.  It’s my understanding there are also social workers on the premises.

On top of that I’d suggest the mental health industry be a bit more thorough in keeping mentally ill people off the streets in order to protect the normal population.   It’s hard to find one of these mass murderers that aren’t messed up and known to be dangerous but released from mental hospitals or never committed at all and not taking their meds because of those in the mental health industry who believe in the process of political correct thinking.  In many previous cases it was found that they system failed over and over again to protect the general population when it comes to these mentally messed up people.

When it’s all said and done it will more than likely be found this guy in Connecticut was a known risk to the general public but ignored or passed through the system and released although still mentally challanged because a normal human being would never do what this guy did.

FD

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Burlington Iowa Obituaries West Burlington

Obituaries

William Roger Griffith, 74, West Burlington, died Sunday, December 16, 2012

Linda Poffenbarger Svoboda, 52, Burlington, died Tuesday, December 18, 2012

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Burlington Iowa News Political West Burlington

2012 was the best year ever

Never in the history of the world has there been less hunger, less disease and more prosperity

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Burlington Iowa News Political West Burlington

Police Chief Recommends Arming School Personnel

“Police Chief Tim Fitch says it is time to talk about arming civilian school personnel following Friday’s massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, comparing it to arming airline pilots after September 11, 2001.”

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Burlington Iowa Obituaries West Burlington

Obituaries

Judith Elaine Corley, 82, Burlington, died Monday, December 17, 2012

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Burlington Iowa News West Burlington

I am Adam Lanza’s Mother

It’s time to talk about mental illness

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Burlington Iowa News Political West Burlington

Gun-free zones provide false sense of security

Killers aren’t stopped by these policies

“After a shooting spree,” author William Burroughs once said, “they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn’t do it.”

There are a lot of problems with this approach, but one of the most significant is this one:  It doesn’t work.  One of the interesting characteristics of mass shootings is that they generally occur in places where firearms are banned: malls, schools, etc.  That was the finding of a famous 1999 study by John Lott of the University of Maryland and William Landes of the University of Chicago, and it appears to have been borne out by experience since then as well.

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Burlington Iowa News Political West Burlington

Attorney General Secretly Grants Government Ability to Develop and Store Dossiers on Innocent Americans

Click Link: Attorney General Secretly Granted Gov. Ability to Develop and Store Dossiers on Innocent Americans

Attorney General Eric Holder
Attorney General Eric Holder
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Burlington Iowa Obituaries West Burlington

Obituaries

Roger Kenneth Erickson, 80, Burlington, died Sunday, December 16

Edward Lewis “Grandpa” Tharp, 71, Burlington, died Saturday, December 15