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  • 27
    Dec
    2012
    8:26pm, EST

    Gun group trains 200 Utah teachers to use weapons in school

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    Firearm instructor Clark Aposhian holds a handgun up as he teaches a concealed-weapons training class to 200 Utah teachers on Dec. 27, in West Valley City, Utah. The Utah Shooting Sports Council said it would waive its $50 fee for concealed-weapons training for Utah teachers.

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    Gun-rights advocates say teachers can act more quickly than law enforcement in the critical first few minutes to protect children from the kind of shooting that left 20 children and six adults dead Dec. 14 at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. In Arizona, Attorney General Tom Horne has proposed amending state law to allow one educator in each school to carry a gun.  

    "Schools are some of the safest places in the world, but I think teachers understand that something has changed — the sanctity of schools has changed," said Clark Aposhian, one of Utah's leading gun instructors. "Mass shootings may still be rare, but that doesn't help you when the monster comes in." Continue Reading...

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    A Utah teacher is shown how to handle a handgun by instructor Clint Simon (R).

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    David Burnell, CEO of OPSGEAR, teaches self-defense as part of a concealed weapons training class to 200 Utah teachers on Dec. 27.

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    Clark Aposhian, President of Utah Shooting Sport Council, holds a pistol during the concealed weapons training.

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    No, the message is that there are creeps and lunatics out there in the world, and sometimes they take their revenge on the innocent. Since the government coddles, sympathizes with, and defends the criminals, as well as refuses to care for and keep the mentally ill off of the streets, instead of pro …

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  • 21
    Dec
    2012
    11:42am, EST

    Images of silence: Remembering the Newtown school victims one week later

    Eric Thayer / Reuters

    People at the Blue Colony diner observe a moment of silence for victims of the Dec. 14 shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 21.

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    Sandy Hook Village firefighters observe a moment of silence near Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 21. Many Americans remembered the victims of the Newtown, Connecticut, school massacre with a moment of silence on Friday, as a powerful U.S. gun rights lobbying group prepared to plunge into the national debate over gun control.

     Tracy Connor / NBC News -- Twenty-six times the bells tolled Friday, punctuating a moment of silence that descended on Newtown, Conn., and many other communities across the country to mark one week since the horror at Sandy Hook Elementary school.

    From white-steepled churches in the Georgia countryside to the majestic National Cathedral in Washington, the peals began at 9:30 a.m. -- the same time last Friday that gunman Adam Lanza began the rampage that tore a hole in the heart of America.

    There was one ring for each of the 20 first-graders and six staff members killed by high-powered rifle fire -- and in some places, a 27th ring for Lanza's mother, who owned the guns her son used to kill her, the children and educators, and himself.

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    Joe Saleem (right), of Mooresville, North Carolina, listens to the ringing of a bell 26 times while standing with others near the steps of Edmond Town Hall during a moment of silence for the children and adults killed a week ago at the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 21.

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    Connecticut State Police block the road to Sandy Hook Elementary School during a moment of silence in Sandy Hook village on Dec. 21, in Newtown, Conn. People around the United States joined in a moment of silence at 9:30 am to mark the one week anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, while bells also rang 26 times to honor the victims of alleged gunman Adam Lanza, not including his mother Nancy Lanza who was killed at their family home.

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    Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy, center, stands with other officials to observe a moment of silence while bells ring 26 times in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 21, in honor of the victims who were killed last Friday during the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

    Mike Segar / Reuters

    A man stands beneath an umbrella in a driving rain outside the Edmond Town Hall during a moment of silence and ringing of church bells at 9:30am EDT for the victims of the December 14 shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, on Dec. 21.

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    A nation mourns after the second deadliest school shooting in U.S. history at Sandy Hook Elementary, which left 20 children and six staff members dead.

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  • 18
    Dec
    2012
    2:00pm, EST

    Newtown students return to school after last week's shooting

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    Students return to Hawley Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 18, the first day of classes since 20 students and 6 adults were killed in the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

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    A school bus drives past a farm while picking up students on Dec. 18 in Newtown, Conn.

     

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    Children return to school on Dec. 18 in Newtown, Conn. Children who attended Sandy Hook Elementary will attend a school in a neighboring town until authorities decide whether or not to reopen Sandy Hook.

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    Easton police officer J. Sollazzo greets staff, parents and students returning to Hawley Elementary School on Dec. 18, in Newtown, Conn.

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    Easton police officer J. Sollazzo greets parents and students returning to Hawley Elementary School on Dec. 18 in Newtown, Conn.

    By Tracy Connor and Alexandra Moe, NBC News

    With heavy hearts and amid high security, thousands of children in Newtown, Conn., returned to school Tuesday for the first time since a gunman killed 20 students and six staff at Sandy Hook Elementary.

    It was a tiny glimmer of normalcy in a town that was also burying two more youngsters, but officials made it clear this will be no ordinary school day.

    “This is a day to start healing,” Newtown High School Principal Charles Dumais wrote in an e-mail to parents before six schools opened two hours later than usual, with police officers and counselors on hand. Continue reading.

     

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    A student looks for a place to leave flowers at a makeshift memorial for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting at the entrance of Newtown High School on Dec. 18 in Newtown, Conn.

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    A nation mourns after the second deadliest school shooting in U.S. history at Sandy Hook Elementary, which left 20 children and six staff members dead.

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    Previously on PhotoBlog:

    • Funerals begin for victims of Sandy Hook shooting
    • Vigils, services honor Connecticut school shooting victims
    • Memorials in New York and Washington for Conn. school shooting victims
    • President Obama orders flags be flown at half-staff in honor of Conn. school shooting victims

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  • 17
    Dec
    2012
    8:00pm, EST

    Funerals begin for victims of Sandy Hook shooting

    Shannon Stapleton / Reuters

    Veronique Pozner, front, the mother of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim Noah Pozner, arrives for his burial at the B'nai Israel Cemetery in Monroe, Conn., on Monday, Dec. 17. Two funerals on Monday ushered in what will be a week of memorial services and burials for the 20 children and six adults killed at the school in Newtown, Conn.

    Lucas Jackson / Reuters

    A couple walks away away from the burial service for 6-year-old Jack Pinto at the Newtown Village Cemetery in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 17. Pinto was one of 20 schoolchildren killed in the Dec. 14 shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

    By Tracy Connor, Miranda Leitsinger and Ian Johnston, NBC News

    With tears and hugs, a grief-rocked Connecticut town said farewell Monday to the first of its slain children: two 6-year-olds being buried in unbearably small coffins on a cold, gray day.

    The funerals of first-graders Noah Pozner and Jack Pinto will be followed by two dozen more services over coming days as the other children and staffers murdered at Newtown's Sandy Hook Elementary School on Friday are laid to rest.

    A misty rain was in the air as mourners -- many in black, others in school gear emblazoned with a capital “N” -- gathered outside the Honan Funeral Home on Main St. for Jack’s funeral. Continue reading.

    Lucas Jackson / Reuters

    A hearse carrying the casket of 6-year-old Jack Pinto is driven to the Newtown Village Cemetery during his funeral service in Newtown, Conn., on Dec. 17.

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    Mourners hug before the funeral service for 6-year-old Noah Pozner, on Dec. 17 in Fairfield, Conn.

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    Mourners gather outside the funeral service for Jack Pinto, 6, on Dec. 17 in Newtown, Conn.

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    Mourners arrive for the funeral service for Noah Pozner, 6, on Dec. 17 in Fairfield, Conn.

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    A man comforts a boy outside Honan Funeral Home before the funeral for 6-year-old Jack Pinto on Dec. 17 in Newtown, Conn.

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    Kanga Kanh, left, and Channary Pich prepare to place 26 balloons at a makeshift memorial at the entrance to Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 17 in Newtown, Conn.

    David Goldman / AP

    David Freedman, right, kneels with his son Zachary, 9, both of Newtown, Conn., as they visit a sidewalk memorial for the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims on Dec. 16.

    Previously on PhotoBlog:

    • Vigils, services honor Connecticut school shooting victims
    • Memorials in New York and Washington for Conn. school shooting victims
    • President Obama orders flags be flown at half-staff in honor of Conn. school shooting victims

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    A nation mourns after the second deadliest school shooting in U.S. history at Sandy Hook Elementary, which left 20 children and six staff members dead.

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    My son has Autism and has drawn a knife on his Mother several times. It’s very sad that the opponents of gun control dribble out of the woodwork, like the political maggots they are demanding new gun laws when there is a traumatic incident as the one in Massachusetts. However there are limits  …

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  • 15
    Dec
    2012
    2:27pm, EST

    A sobering moment from space

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    The northeastern U.S., including Connecticut and Massachusetts' Cape Cod, are seen in a photo taken on the International Space Station on June 27, 2011.

    By Alan Boyle, Science Editor, NBC News

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    From a cosmic perspective, our planet has a peaceful beauty — no matter what tumult is raging far below. That's the message NASA astronaut Ron Garan wanted to send with this picture of the northeastern United States. Today, if you could zoom in far enough on this view today, you could see the anguish left behind in the wake of Friday's horrible school shooting in Connecticut.

    "When we look at Earth from space, we are faced with a sobering contradiction," Garan writes on his Google+ page. "On the one hand is the beauty of our planet, on the other is the unfortunate reality of life on our planet for many of her inhabitants. Our prayers are with the victims and families in Connecticut. #LoveConquersAll"

    You can count on Garan to bring a wider-angle view to whatever is happening here on Earth. He spent five months aboard the International Space Station last year, and since he returned, he has been sharing the glories of our blue planet via Google+ as well as Twitter, Facebook and the Fragile Oasis website. This particular picture was snapped from the space station during Garan's stint in orbit. To learn more about the image, check in with NASA's Earth Observatory or the Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth.

    Garan wasn't the first human to reflect on the cosmic perspective produced by outer-space views: Astronauts and philosophers have long talked about the "Overview Effect," the sense of planetary unity that arises when you see Earth as an object suspended in space. Just this month, a group known as Planetary Collective unveiled an online video documentary exploring the phenomenon.

    And then there's Carl Sagan, the famous astronomer and writer who passed away 16 years ago this month. He helped persuade NASA to turn the camera on its Voyager 1 deep-space probe back toward Earth in 1990, to capture a priceless picture of our "pale blue dot" as a speck in outer space.

    "There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world," Sagan wrote. "To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known."

    Amen.

    You can watch a video about the pale blue dot, or a brand-new animation that brings Sagan's words to life. These sobering moments from space serve as today's offering from the Cosmic Log Space Advent Calendar, which highlights views of our planet every day from now until Christmas. Click on the links below for more moments:

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    • 2012 Cosmic Log Space Advent Calendar
    • Day 1: A fantastic Chinese fan
    • Day 2: Satellite shows a Grander Canyon
    • Day 3: Typhoon stirs awe — and alarm
    • Day 4: Glittering nighttime view of Riyadh
    • Day 5: Night lights shine on 'Black Marble'
    • Day 6: Holy sites seen at night
    • Day 7: Blue Marble still leaves its mark
    • Day 8: Satellites look into a volcano's hell
    • Day 9: Jack Frost nipping at Alaska's nose
    • Day 10: Cosmonaut looks down on peaks
    • Day 11: Earth looms above moonwalker
    • Day 12: Skytree casts shadow on Tokyo
    • Day 13: Aurora sets stage for meteor show
    • Day 14: Apollo's last look at Earthrise
    • 2011 Cosmic Log Space Advent Calendar
    • 2010 Cosmic Log Space Advent Calendar

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    Sometimes it would be nice to stop this planet and get off if just to escape the delusionals for one day.

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  • 15
    Dec
    2012
    12:27am, EST

    Vigils, services honor Connecticut school shooting victims

    Shannon Stapleton / Reuters

    People pray and stand outside the overflow area of a vigil at the Saint Rose of Lima church on Friday night.

    M. Alex Johnson, NBC News reports: Residents from around the region streamed Friday into St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown, Conn., to mourn the 20 children and six adults who were killed when a gunman opened fire in an elementary school.
    The church was packed, and hundreds of people who couldn't get in stood silently outside, where 26 candles were set up by a tree wth a cross. Some held hands, praying as a group. Others reverently touched a statue of Saint Rose, the first person native to the Americas to be canonized by the Catholic Church, before crossing themselves. Read the full story.

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    Mourners gather inside the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church.

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    Mourners gather inside the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church at a vigil service.

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    Mourners look through windows from outside the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church on Friday night.

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    The second deadliest school shooting in U.S. history sent crying children spilling into the school parking lot as frightened parents waited for word on their loved ones.

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    Sorry, but the photograph alone shows a mentally unstable individual. Guns are not the problem. Keeping the gun from a mentally irresponsible person is the problem. The mother/brother who admit the gunman had mental issues should never have allowed guns to be accessible to him.

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  • 14
    Dec
    2012
    8:20pm, EST

    Memorials in New York and Washington for Conn. school shooting victims

    Carlo Allegri / Reuters

    Farah Sheikh takes part in a candlelight vigil in Times Square for the victims of the Connecticut school shooting on Dec. 14, 2012 in New York.

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    Julie Henson of San Francisco participates in a candle light vigil outside the White House to remember the victims at the Connecticut school shooting on Dec. 14, in Washington, D.C.

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    Local resident Rachel Perrone, left, and her five-year-old son Joe participate in a candle light vigil outside the White House to remember the victims at the Connecticut school shooting on Dec. 14, in Washington, D.C.

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    People stand with candles outside the overflow area of a vigil at the Saint Rose of Lima church in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14.

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    The second deadliest school shooting in U.S. history sent crying children spilling into the school parking lot as frightened parents waited for word on their loved ones.

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  • 14
    Dec
    2012
    5:14pm, EST

    President Obama orders flags be flown at half-staff in honor of Conn. school shooting victims

    Yuri Gripas / Reuters

    A U.S. flag flies at half-staff at the White House in Washington D.C., Dec. 14, 2012. A tearful President Barack Obama expressed "overwhelming grief" on Friday for the victims of a shooting rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School and called on Americans to set aside politics and take "meaningful action" to prevent further tragedies of this kind.

    Yuri Gripas / Reuters

    U.S. President Barack Obama wipes a tear as he speaks about the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., during a press briefing in Washington D.C., Dec. 14.

    U.S President Barack Obama ordered that flags be flown at half-staff through sunset on Dec. 18. Full story…

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    A flag at the U.S. Capitol flies at half-staff in honor of the Connecticut school shooting victims in Washington D.C., Dec. 14.

    A National Park Service employee lowers flags at the base of the Washington Monument to half-staff after President Barack Obama ordered the action while speaking on the shootings at the Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, in Washington, D.C.

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    An American flag at the center of Newtown, Conn. stands at half-staff on Dec. 14.

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    The second deadliest school shooting in U.S. history sent crying children spilling into the school parking lot as frightened parents waited for word on their loved ones.

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    Rest in peace

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