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Killer’s Mother, His First Victim, Was a Gun Enthusiast, Friends Say
NY Times ^ | 12/15/12

Posted on 12/15/2012 12:54:40 PM PST by BunnySlippers

She often went to a local restaurant and music spot, My Place, where she sat at the bar, according to a manager there who gave her name only as Louise. Ms. Lanza typically came to My Place alone, said another acquaintance, Dan Holmes, owner of Holmes Fine Gardens, a landscaping company in Newtown, who also met her at the bar.

At craft beer tastings on Tuesday evenings, he recalled, she liked to talk about her gun collection.

“She had several different guns,” he said. “I don’t know how many. She would go target shooting with her kids.”

Law enforcement officials said they believed that the guns were acquired lawfully and registered.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: banglist; connecticut; lanza; nancylanza; newtown; sandyhook
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To: BunnySlippers

You’ll now see localities already with stringent gun regulations requiring a visit by Child Protective Services & a number of other agencies before permits are allowed (more so denied)…


21 posted on 12/15/2012 1:23:00 PM PST by mikrofon (+ Prayers Up +)
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To: BunnySlippers

DIVORCE

hurts the kids the most


22 posted on 12/15/2012 1:24:30 PM PST by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: BunnySlippers

“A different picture of mom.”

She sounds like someone I would like.

She had a lot of private worries, I am sure, with Adam. Seems like she tried to live a “normal” life with a child that wasn’t normal.

Twenty years is a long time to deal with these issues. It is unfortunate that her life had to end this way.

The low class anti-gunners had better tread lightly dealing with her. She comes from a very interesting family and her brother is a well respected law enforcement officer. Something that this article didn’t bother to mention.

RIP Nancy Champion Lanzer


23 posted on 12/15/2012 1:24:46 PM PST by BlessingsofLiberty (Remember Brian Terry...)
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To: BunnySlippers

I keep wondering if the mom has a FR account. :(


24 posted on 12/15/2012 1:24:49 PM PST by Marie Antoinette (:)
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To: BunnySlippers

I think they’re going to try and paint her as a survivalist kook. The shooter was definitely not quite ‘normal’ but at this point my guess is he was on some kind of medication that affected his mental state.


25 posted on 12/15/2012 1:26:48 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: digger48

notice how the times had a cute photo of him?


26 posted on 12/15/2012 1:27:03 PM PST by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11 0bie don' t eatl my dog!)
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To: palmer

what about the dad that couldn’t handle having a troubled son and ducked out leaving the mom holding the bag


27 posted on 12/15/2012 1:27:07 PM PST by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: digger48
The Libs puzzled and puzzled till their puzzlers were sore.

They hired school psychologists, and then added more!

But all their Vain Actions were those of Blind Fools.

THE Only reason for failure: removing prayer and God from their schools!

28 posted on 12/15/2012 1:27:37 PM PST by Gasshog
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To: gaijin

No. It’s misguided to think target practice will possibly be therapeutic for a person with significant mental illness. Dangerous lunatics need to be hermetically sealed from weaponry. My guess, from the data available, this mom dropped the ball.


29 posted on 12/15/2012 1:27:50 PM PST by BlueStateRightist (Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.)
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To: BunnySlippers

When you have children, you might want to sit in Church with them sometimes and talk about Christ.

Now she is laying in the morgue.


30 posted on 12/15/2012 1:29:12 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: yldstrk

Yeah, no surprise the dad left. I have a kid like that in the neighborhood, nothing but trouble and dad has washed his hands and moved out of state. I try to deal with him as best I can (I am stuck for particular reasons). The mother is mostly useless and mom’s new husband is useless.


31 posted on 12/15/2012 1:32:04 PM PST by palmer (Jim, please bill me 50 cents for this completely useless post)
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To: bgill
Did you see the interview just now from the coroner? Aside from he should never be allowed within 50 feet of a microphone ever again, it was horrific. The children had between 3-11 gunshots each. That was very angry insane overkill. That takes it to a whole new level. I didn't see it, yet I won't be a bit surprised if the crime scene photo gets accidentally released by MSM to further the gun control issue.
32 posted on 12/15/2012 1:34:39 PM PST by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11 0bie don' t eatl my dog!)
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To: palmer

I should add the neighborhood kid is a prankster and troublemaker but does not seem mentally ill to me. Just clever and quite destructive.


33 posted on 12/15/2012 1:36:06 PM PST by palmer (Jim, please bill me 50 cents for this completely useless post)
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To: BunnySlippers

NYT’s point is:

A right wing gun fanatic (sleazy bar hopping beer drinking chick) turned this adorable innocent child (see lame photo) into a serial killer....


34 posted on 12/15/2012 1:37:42 PM PST by Fred (http://thebubblefilm.com/)
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To: Gasshog

+1


35 posted on 12/15/2012 1:37:52 PM PST by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11 0bie don' t eatl my dog!)
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To: BunnySlippers

Why are they even mentioning who owned the guns? Guns do this all on their own. Every Liberal knows that.


36 posted on 12/15/2012 1:38:50 PM PST by lastchance ("Nisi credideritis, non intelligetis" St. Augustine)
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To: JohnBrowdie

“...but I’ve got an idea that the NYT is trying to cleverly hint that, as a gun owner, she had it coming.”

No, I disagree. They have written this to show that buying guns and practicing at a range are why he killed so many. Without reading the piece I would bet the majority of comments are all about how ranges need to be shut down and without ranges and guns there would be no more gun violence.


37 posted on 12/15/2012 1:39:02 PM PST by raybbr (People who still support Obama are either a Marxist or a moron.)
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To: nuconvert

They are going to move to elimination of homeschooling. Just watch.


38 posted on 12/15/2012 1:43:55 PM PST by Truth2012
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To: ColdOne

A bullet can enter and then exit the body creating 2 wounds, exit and entry.

Did he really say 3 to 11 wounds each, that would mean according to his investigation, each person was shot at least twice?


39 posted on 12/15/2012 1:45:55 PM PST by Fred (http://thebubblefilm.com/)
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To: BunnySlippers
This particular family, coupled with the location chosen for the attack could not be more 'perfect' for 0bama's second term agenda of overturning the 2nd Amendment.. Just toooo perfect. So perfect in fact, it's almost as if it's been scripted.. Planned by those seeking to exploit it for their agenda.. I hope someone has saved all video gaming chat board discussions and person-to-person messaging and can identify the person or agency on the other end of Adam Lanza's Internet connection. I recall this tidbit from Benghazi:

"Murdered FSO Sean Smith, “Assuming we don’t die tonight. We saw one of our ‘police’ that guard the compound taking pictures.”..

So, we know there ARE government employees or agencies using these gaming boards to communicate and perhaps a shadowy group for recruiting operatives to further a gun ban agenda.

We can't imagine children being killed for such purpose, but what better way to evoke sympathies of the masses? Remember the four dead Americans, including an Ambassador where NO ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO RESCUE THEM, even after 7 hours of sheer hell trying to stay alive. They were ignored and abandoned to die that night.

40 posted on 12/15/2012 1:52:35 PM PST by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (IMPEACH OBAMA)
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