adam lanza

Jesse Lewis was among the victims killed in a first-grade classroom on December 14th, 2013. His mother Scarlett founded "The Jesse Lewis Choose Love Movement" in his honor. She joined Newsline with Brigitte Quinn to discuss her mission to provide kids with important emotional development skills in order to prevent future tragedies.

Two of two in a series about Adam Lanza’s digital footprint. This has some overlap with episode one, and they don’t need to be listened to in order. Follow Gio on Twitter here and on YouTube here.

Theme: Beehive Days by Locust Toybox

Joe Madison unleashes on Alex Jones for the hatred he showed toward the families who lost their babies in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting almost 10 years ago.

Dr. Peter Langman is a psychologist, author, and expert on school shooters. He has written three books about school shooters and understanding the psychology behind them and the warning signs they give us. In this episode we discuss some of the specific case studies, warning signs, barriers to reporting, prevention and more.  Please share this episode if you can. We’re all on duty with this topic. 

0:00:00 - Intro
0:00:53 - Becoming a Mass Shooter Expert
0:02:39 - We're All On Duty & Disconnect 
0:05:33 - Profile of Murderers 
0:06:30 - Psychopathic, Psychotic & Traumatized 
0:10:37 - Triggering Events & Older Shooters 
0:11:45 - Romantic Failures & Gender Communication 
0:13:58 - Damaged Masculinity 
0:15:20 - Different Kinds of "Leakage"
0:17:20 - Not Reporting & Not Enough Reach 
0:19:20 - Places to Report 
0:20:20 - Most Attacks Have Warning Signs 
0:22:33 - Attack Related Behaviors 
0:27:08 - Violent Media & Ideology 
0:29:28 - Lack of Empathy & Columbine Kids
0:31:35 - Friedrich Nietzsche 
0:32:58 - Stephen King Book "Rage" 
0:33:51 - Injustice Collectors 
0:36:14 - Dehumanization & Contempt 
0:37:22 - Increased Desire to Fame 
0:40:45 - Barriers to Action 
0:42:15 - Parents & School Denial 
0:44:15 - What Can Schools  & Police Do 
0:47:00 - Prescription & Street Drugs 
0:48:28 - Preventing Attacks 
0:50:15 - Potential Attackers Changing Paths 
0:51:44 - Arkansas Shooters & Age of Shooters 
0:54:28 - Traumatized Shooter Example 
0:56:00 - Life of Shooters Afterwards 
0:57:53 - Following Up with At Risk Kids 
1:01:17 - Rehabilitation, Life Purpose & World Connection 
1:05:25 - N.A.M.I. 
1:06:22 - Outro 

School Shooters Information website:
https://schoolshooters.info

NAMI website:
https://www.nami.org/Home

Chuck Shute website:
http://chuckshute.com

Thanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!

In episode one, I speak with the author of the essay, “The Ghost of Adam Lanza,” BlitheringGenius.

I’d also like to add a content warning. We don’t discuss the tragedy at Sandy Hook, but the nature of our discussion may upset some listeners.

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In this week's episode, Attorney Rosensweig is discussing a lawsuit that was filed by the families of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting against Remington Arms, who manufactured the assault weapon that was used during that mass shooting. Just last month, the Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Remington Arms, which argued that it is immune from liability and cannot be sued because of a 2005 federal law, The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, preventing most lawsuits against firearms manufacturers when their products are used in crimes.  However, the Plaintiffs argued that they can proceed in suing the manufacturer because their theory of the case falls within an exception to the federal law (called the Predicate Exception), which says that gun manufacturers can be sued when they violate a separate state or federal law that "applies to" the sale or marketing of the product.  The Plaintiffs allege that Remington violated Connecticut's Unfair Trade Practices Act by engaging in deceptive and unfair marketing practices by selling an assault weapon as dangerous as the AR-15-style rifle to the public for home protection.  Plaintiff's argued that by violating Connecticut's Unfair Trade Practices Act, Remington has subjected itself to being sued since that law "applies to" the sale of its product.  Remington argued that the only way it would be subject to suit would be if it violated a law that relates solely to the sale of firearms but the Court disagreed.  The Court said that as long as there is a law that can be "applied to" the sale of firearms, it does not need to be a law that exclusively relates to the sale of firearms.  The Court, in employing a broader interpretation of the exception to the statute, is allowing the Plaintiffs to finally move forward with their case and the implications of this precedent setting ruling cannot be understated.  This decision is a huge victory for victims of mass shootings in circumventing the PLCAA so that they can sue the makers of firearms who are marketing military style weapons to the public for home protection.  Will the Court ultimately decide that Remington is liable for the Sandy Hook shooting?  Did Remington engage in unfair or deceptive marketing practices?  Will the Plaintiffs be able to prove that Remington's unfair or deceptive marketing practices caused the shooter, Adam Lanza, to use the Bushmaster XM-15 rifle, thus enabling him to kill 26 innocent people, 20 of whom were children, in less than 5 minutes? All of this remains to be seen but what we do know for now is that the Plaintiffs will have their day in Court and that, in and of itself, is a victory.