This is from the January hearing in Connetticut On Gun Violence. We've seen videos from several Sandy Hook Parents, but this video never made it to mainstream news.

1700s

(U.S. Population: Less Than 4M)

The earliest known United States shooting to happen on school property was the Pontiac's Rebellion school massacre on July 26, 1764, where four Lenape American Indians entered the schoolhouse near present-day Greencastle, Pennsylvania, shot and killed schoolmaster Enoch Brown, and killed nine or ten children (reports vary). Only three children survived.[1]
1850s

(U.S. Population: 23M-31M)

November 2, 1853: Louisville, Kentucky A student, Matthew Ward, bought a self-cocking pistol in the morning, went to school and killed schoolmaster Mr. Butler for excessively punishing his brother the day before. Even though he shot the schoolmaster point blank in front of his classmates, he was acquitted.[2]
September 11, 1859: Oakland, California Edward Carpenter accidentally shot himself dead while hunting on campus, he was one of the few students who were permitted to have a firearm at school.[3]

1860s

(U.S. Population: 31M-38M)

February 16, 1867: Knights Ferry, California Mr. McGinnis was shot and killed by his daughter's teacher when he threatened him for expelling his daughter from school. When McGinnis's son heard his father was dead, he returned to the school and killed the teacher.[4]

June 8, 1867: New York City Arthur Day, a 13 year old boy, brought a pistol loaded and capped, without the knowledge of his parents or school-teachers, to Public School No. 18 for the purpose of shooting a dog he said had bitten him. While playing with the pistol, Day accidentally shot and injured classmate Robert Morton.[5]
December 22, 1868: Chattanooga, Tennessee A boy who refused to be whipped and left school, returned, with his brother and a friend, the next day to seek revenge on his teacher. Not finding the teacher at the school, they continued to his house, where a gun battle rang out, leaving three dead. Only the brother survived.[6]

1870s

(U.S. Population: 38M-49M)

June 23, 1871: Lagrange, Indiana Miss Anna Dwight was shot to death in front of her students by a rejected suitor[7]
March 9, 1873: Salisbury, Maryland After school as Miss Shockley was walking with four small children, she was approached by a Mr. Hall and shot. The Schoolmaster ran out, but Miss Shockley had died instantly. Hall threw himself under a train that night.[8]

Originally posted by WaterBottle
reply to post by SunnyDee

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His argument had multiple faults and falsehoods in it.

If you want to ignore that because you agree with his overall message then that is your problem.

edit on 6-2-2013 by WaterBottle because: (no reason given)

Originally posted by WaterBottle
reply to post by SunnyDee

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His argument had multiple faults and falsehoods in it.

If you want to ignore that because you agree with his overall message then that is your problem.

edit on 6-2-2013 by WaterBottle because: (no reason given)

Originally posted by WaterBottle
reply to post by SunnyDee

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His argument had multiple faults and falsehoods in it.

If you want to ignore that because you agree with his overall message then that is your problem.

edit on 6-2-2013 by WaterBottle because: (no reason given)

Originally posted by WaterBottle
reply to post by ConspiracyNutjob

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It's been a lot worse in the past.

Let's just make a little list

The USA of past
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Women were property or 2nd class citizens
Minorities people were property 2nd class citizens
Minorities were murdered for no reason, routinely no one was prosecuted
Segregation was normal
Only land owners could vote
Japanese Americans put info concentration camps
German Americans put into concentration camps
Multiple presidents personally owned slaves
Communists openly persecuted
Workers routinely abused
Sweat shops common place
Child labor common place
Businesses free to dump poison waste into rivers
Businesses free to have dangerous working conditions
Businesses would murder their employees when they attempted to unionize
Animals had no rights

All I can think of at the moment...

Originally posted by WaterBottle
reply to post by ConspiracyNutjob

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It's been a lot worse in the past.

Let's just make a little list

The USA of past
--------------------
Women were property or 2nd class citizens
Minorities people were property 2nd class citizens
Minorities were murdered for no reason, routinely no one was prosecuted
Segregation was normal
Only land owners could vote
Japanese Americans put info concentration camps
German Americans put into concentration camps
Multiple presidents personally owned slaves
Communists openly persecuted
Workers routinely abused
Sweat shops common place
Child labor common place
Businesses free to dump poison waste into rivers
Businesses free to have dangerous working conditions
Businesses would murder their employees when they attempted to unionize
Animals had no rights

All I can think of at the moment...

Originally posted by WaterBottle
reply to post by Advantage

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Wrong.

He said school shootings didn't happen in the past and that they are happening now due to societal decay.

Originally posted by WaterBottle
reply to post by ConspiracyNutjob

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It's been a lot worse in the past.

Let's just make a little list

The USA of past
--------------------
Women were property or 2nd class citizens
Minorities people were property 2nd class citizens
Minorities were murdered for no reason, routinely no one was prosecuted
Segregation was normal
Only land owners could vote
Japanese Americans put info concentration camps
German Americans put into concentration camps
Multiple presidents personally owned slaves
Communists openly persecuted
Workers routinely abused
Sweat shops common place
Child labor common place
Businesses free to dump poison waste into rivers
Businesses free to have dangerous working conditions
Businesses would murder their employees when they attempted to unionize
Animals had no rights

All I can think of at the moment...

You said you are pro-gun ownership, how about a comment about his last comment in the video.

The 1938 German Weapons Act, the precursor of the current weapons law, superseded the 1928 law. As under the 1928 law, citizens were required to have a permit to carry a firearm and a separate permit to acquire a firearm. Furthermore, the law restricted ownership of firearms to "...persons whose trustworthiness is not in question and who can show a need for a (gun) permit." But under the new law:

Gun restriction laws applied only to handguns, not to long guns or ammunition. The 1938 revisions completely deregulated the acquisition and transfer of rifles and shotguns, as was the possession of ammunition."[4]
The legal age at which guns could be purchased was lowered from 20 to 18.[5]
Permits were valid for three years, rather than one year.[5]
The groups of people who were exempt from the acquisition permit requirement expanded. Holders of annual hunting permits, government workers, and NSDAP members were no longer subject to gun ownership restrictions. Prior to the 1938 law, only officials of the central government, the states, and employees of the German Reichsbahn Railways were exempted.[4]
Jews were forbidden from the manufacturing or dealing of firearms and ammunition.[4]