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As reported on Wired. BY SPENCER ACKERMAN Unidentified people react on December 14, 2012 at the aftermath of a school shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Photo: Don Emmert /AFP/Getty Images   Updated, 6:05 p.m. EST In the media’s rush to find out information on the suspected Newtown, Connecticut, school shooter, numerous news outlets misidentified a Facebook page belonging to someone with a similar name. Denunciations and even death threats quickly accumulated. CNN,…

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As reported on Businessweek.com By Paul Barrett Photograph by Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images Residents grieve following a shooting on Dec. 14 at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Guns Inc. VIDEO Why Are School Shootings More Common in the U.S.? VIDEO Obama on CT Shooting: ‘Our Hearts Are Broken’ Why It’s Getting Easier to Carry Guns in the U.S.A. Kmart’s Connecticut-Shooting Twitter Fail Bob Costas, Guns, and the NRA Gun Control and the Milwaukee…

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As reported on businessinsider.com by Robert Johnson Academy The Bushmaster .223 rifle has a tragic legacy that looks to be growing if CNN reports are correct.  The Cable News Network reports that Adam Lanza used three weapons to commit the mass shooting in Connecticut, but the one confirmed assault rifle is a Bushmaster .223. From CNN: Three guns were found at the scene, CNN’s Susan Candiotti reports. According to a law enforcement source, the third weapon found on…

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As reported on Businesinsider.com by The Telegraph AP Images A teacher at the US school targeted by a rampaging gunman has given a harrowing account of how she barricaded her class behind a bathroom door to and ordered the children to be quiet to save them from being killed.  Kaitlin Roig was looking after 14 pupils when gunfire erupted at Sandy Hook Elementary school. She told US network ABC News: “Suddenly, I heard rapid fire, like an assault…

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