Sandy Hook
Flatiron Hot! Pundit: Video Games Not to Blame for Sandy Hook Shooting
December 28, 2012 | Eric ShapiroGamers with any passing interest in politics were likely counting down the days (or, perhaps, hours) before pundits and politicians alike cited violent video games as a motivating factor behind the horrific Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, that left 26 dead, including 20 young children. Why? Because the killer, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, was known to play violent video games.
Flatiron Hot! Pundit: Conservatives’ Reaction to Sandy Hook Elementary School Shootings
December 28, 2012 | Eric ShapiroThe right’s attempts to grapple with the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings that claimed the lives of over 20 people, mostly young children, would be comical if their implications were not so troubling. Suffice to say, you won’t find much in the way of meaningful suggestions or solutions to the problem of gun violence in the words of prominent movement conservatives.