As new details come to light over the circumstances surrounding Adam Lanza's killing spree that left 26 people dead in Newtown, Conn., President Obama voices his support for tougher gun laws.
The new details of the case come from today's release of five search warrants along with a statement from the state's attorney for the judicial district of Danbury, Stephen J. Sedensky III.
The reports indicate that there were some 1600 rounds of ammunition at the Lanza household. Adam Lanza himself had a gun cabinet in his room, from which he took the Bushmaster .223 caliber model XM15 rifle that he used on his victims. His mother, Nancy, had bought a wide array of guns, ammunition, and magazines for Adam and herself.
On that fateful morning of December 14, it is believed that Adam Lanza walked up to his mother, and without a struggle, shot her multiple times in the head. From there, he moved on to Sandy Hook Elementary, a place where his mother once worked.
At that point, he opened fire on two classrooms of children at the school, killing 20 of them as well as 5 more adults. In total he is believed to have used up 154 rounds of ammunition, and did so in an astonishingly short amount of time.
"It is currently estimated that the time from when the shooter shot his way into the school until he took his own life was less than five minutes," Sedensky wrote.
Clues to Lanza's fragile mental state were found all over the house. There was a 2008 New York Times article about a school shooting at Northern Illinois University, a book titled "Train Your Brain to Get Happy," and three photographs "of what appears to be a deceased human covered with plastic and what appears to be blood."
Many who have been following the story are today wondering why more couldn't have been done to prevent such a tragedy from happening.
"The information revealed today underscores the need to turn this tragedy into transformation," said Tim Makris, co-founder of Sandy Hook Promise, which seeks to prevent a recurrence of such shootings. "While legislation is not the only answer, it's time for Congress to pass sensible measures supported by the vast majority of Americans to reduce gun violence."
President Obama was very vocal today about the need for a reformed gun policy in America. He urged the American people to remember how they felt 100 days ago and to take action with those feelings in mind to make sure that another incident like Sandy Hook does not occur.
So far, organizations such as the National Rifle Association have made it difficult to pass new measures on gun reform. Additionally, more than three months after the Sandy Hook shootings new polls indicate that public support for revised gun laws has dropped.
"There are some powerful voices on the other side who are interested in running out the clock, or changing the subject," Obama said, adding that "their assumption is that people will just forget about it."
If that were to happen, Obama continues, then "shame on us if we've forgotten."
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