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OhioChick

(23,218 posts) Fri Dec 14, 2012, 08:26 PM Dec 2012

The weapons used in Friday’s shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., were legally purchased and registered to Nancy Lanza, the mother of the gunman, Adam Lanza, two law enforcement officials told NBC News.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/14/15913678-gunmans-mother-owned-weapons-used-in-connecticut-school-massacre?lite

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Gunman's mother owned weapons used in Connecticut school massacre [View all] OhioChick Dec 2012 OP

Agree...I suspect that the mother had to register the guns in her name Surya Gayatri Dec 2012 #5

I too am curious about that ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #7

The semi-automatic rifle was not used in the shootings. RomneyLies Dec 2012 #9

Maybe she abused him and was afraid that he'd kill her some day Cetacea Dec 2012 #10

People who own firearms should keep them securely locked up. slackmaster Dec 2012 #11