Sandy
Hook Shooter's Mother Collected Guns In Preparation For Economic
Collapse
The
mother of the gunman who killed 20 children and seven adults in
America’s worst school massacre, was a gun-proud “survivalist”
preparing for economic collapse, it has emerged.
16
December, 2012
Nancy
Lanza, whose gun collection was raided by her son Adam for Friday’s
massacre at Sandy Hook school, was part of the “prepper”
movement, which urges readiness for social chaos by hoarding supplies
and training with weapons.
“She
prepared for the worst,” her sister-in-law Marsha Lanza told
reporters. “Last time we visited her in person, we talked about
prepping – are you ready for what could happen down the line, when
the economy collapses?”
It
also emerged that Mrs Lanza had spoken of her fears less than a week
before the attack that she was “losing” her son. “She said it
was getting worse. She was having trouble reaching him,” said a
friend of Mrs Lanza who did not want to be named.
Police
disclosed that the 52-year-old had five legally registered guns –
at least three of which her 20-year-old son carried with him. Most
victims were shot with an assault rifle, while Lanza also carried two
handguns and left a shotgun in his car.
President
Barack Obama was on his way to Connecticut to comfort families of the
victims, amid mounting pressure for political action in Washington on
gun control.
Democrats
are preparing to introduce a new bill to ban assault rifles , but the
difficulty of achieving any consensus was well illustrated after one
Republican congressman said staff at the school should have been
armed to protect themselves.
Fresh
details emerged of the massacre which has caused shock waves across
America as well as internationally.
Lanza
was reported to have wiped out one complete class of six and
seven-year-olds along with their teacher. Dr H Wayne Carver,
Connecticut’s chief medical examiner, said the injuries were the
worst he had seen in his career with some of the children shot 11
times.
One
of the victims, six-year-old Dylan Hockley, was the British-born son
of a couple who moved their family to Connecticut from Hampshire two
years ago.
His
mother, Nicole, had described the area as “a wonderful place to
live”, with “incredible” neighbours and “amazing” schools”.
Dannel
Malloy, the Connecticut governor, said the death toll might have been
much greater and Lanza may have planned to kill even more.
“We
surmise that… he heard responders coming and apparently at that,
decided to take his own life,” Mr Malloy said.
Candlelit
vigils were held over the weekend for the victims.
One
was for Victoria Soto, a 27-year-old teacher who was killed after
telling Lanza the children were in another room, allowing some of the
children to escape. “She was selfless – selfless,” Jessica
Zrallack, a former schoolmate, told The Daily Telegraph.
Newtown’s
residents were forced to endure fresh anguish yesterday, when a Roman
Catholic church that has become a centre of support for the grieving,
was evacuated following a telephoned-in security threat. St Rose of
Lima was later given the all-clear.
Mr
Obama was preparing to visit the town last night in order to comfort
the families of those killed and speak at an interfaith vigil.
The
president, who failed to deliver on a 2008 election promise to
reinstate an assault weapons ban, is now under mounting pressure from
within his own party to throw his political weight behind new laws.
Despite
the outpouring of national grief, the Bill is likely to be highly
divisive; Congress has not passed significant gun legislation for
almost 20 years, amid partisan gridlock.
A
poll by CNN in August found that 57 per cent of Americans favour a
ban on semi-automatic assault weapons, while 60 per cent favour
outlawing high-capacity ammunition clips.
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