We all know the loss of a loved one is upsetting and the recovery process is painfull and in many cases is never...However, the events of December 14, 2012 have taken a force of it's own and just seems to go one day after day. We should let those who suffered a loss be left alone to heal if that is possible and hope they can return to meaningful and productive lives again.

To Phil, that is sick of hearing the emotional pictures by the victims of gun violence and says "he's SORRY" your kid died in the same breath and added everyone dies. YOU ARE A DISGRACE TO THE MARINE CORP YOU JARHEAD, BRAINWASHED SO STOP HOLDING THAT AS A BADGE OF HONOR!!!!!!!!

Sorry for your lose but your knowledge about ammunition and guns is beyond inaccurate that its not even funny. Why don't you talk to people who know about the weapons over at www.facebook.com/womenofthewaronterror. They have first hand knowledge

Anyone who saw the pictures of those children and does not support significant actions on federal gun control has no heart or soul to defend. Those who think they need weapons for protection would do better for themselves and society if they obtained mental healthcare.

I suggest that any one of you that would like to dismiss Noah's mother's testimony as tiresome or inaccurate should search for her further discussion of exactly what happened to her child's body. Argue over and over about whether this gun or this ammo are designed to penetrate steel -- and you will miss the point that the last image this mother has of her son is of the bottom half of his face missing. Simply gone. This mother is an expert on that. The soldiers and "gun enthusiast" who have commented above are denying this mother her outrage and disgust. Hold on tight gun fellas -- this fight, these parents, and gun law advocates are simply not going to go away. Get used to it.

a .223 does not penetrate a helmet and it is too weak for deer. As a matter of fact, it would be too inhumane to shoot a deer with a .223. Too much suffering.

People who love guns more than they care about the well-being of children are the worst, most evil scum on this planet.

People who love guns more than they care about the well-being of children are the worst, most evil scum on this planet.

God Bless you, Mrs. Pozner. Though I do not completely agree with banning all of these weapons of mass destruction (and yes I now believe that IS what they are) - mainly because they are out there and can never be retrieved unless it is in a way *I* would personally find abhorrent. (trying to round them up from the people who already own them legally) I find ANY comments here that are disrespectful to you completely out of line. Of course I thank our vets for their service. Until Sandy Hook I'd never considered anything but a "free for all" when it came to the 2nd Amendment. Now? Not so much. Noah has become the "face of Sandy Hook" for me. I have a 6-yr-old little boy. So, you all enjoy all the weapons you want to own. Legally. Have fun with that. But as I have told close friends who don't get my change of heart. . .if some lunatic gets a hold of their legally owned firearm and rips someone I love to shredds with it? You won't have time to feel remorse.

May God bring peace to your world which has been so shattered by the actions of this crazy young man, and the selfishness of lunatics who believe that their right to own military weapons to fight a fictional foe is greater than your child's right to life. These people are the real enemy and it's their lies and callous indifference to the pain they are causing that God will judge. I pray that our nation pushes these people into the shadows and so marginalizes them for their arrogance, cowardice, and vile spirits that they recognize that there is no place in a civilized world for the likes of them. I pray this forces them to seek the mental treatment and spiritual repentance and healing that they so desperately need. God deliver America from these wicked and hateful people.

May God bring peace to your world which has been so shattered by the actions of this crazy young man, and the selfishness of lunatics who believe that their right to own military weapons to fight a fictional foe is greater than your child's right to life. These people are the real enemy and it's their lies and callous indifference to the pain they are causing that God will judge. I pray that our nation pushes these people into the shadows and so marginalizes them for their arrogance, cowardice, and vile spirits that they recognize that there is no place in a civilized world for the likes of them. I pray this forces them to seek the mental treatment and spiritual repentance and healing that they so desperately need. God deliver America from these wicked and hateful people.

The tragedy in Newtown points out yet again that we need to make changes in our gun laws. It's sad that the two sides are continuing to talk past each other. Those arguing for more gun control are appalled at the insensitivity of gun owners. The gun owners are torqued that folks who would take away nearly every deer rifle they own would do so with ignorance of what they were doing. We could manage our deer herd with low power single shot rifles and shotguns circa 1860 but the gun owners would like those who want more gun restrictions to understand just what they are proposing. It's time for responsible gun owners to listen hard to the pain and get a grip on what has to happen but it's also important to gun restrictors to understand the people they have to convince to do the right thing.

The tragedy in Newtown points out yet again that we need to make changes in our gun laws. It's sad that the two sides are continuing to talk past each other. Those arguing for more gun control are appalled at the insensitivity of gun owners. The gun owners are torqued that folks who would take away nearly every deer rifle they own would do so with ignorance of what they were doing. We could manage our deer herd with low power single shot rifles and shotguns circa 1860 but the gun owners would like those who want more gun restrictions to understand just what they are proposing. It's time for responsible gun owners to listen hard to the pain and get a grip on what has to happen but it's also important to gun restrictors to understand the people they have to convince to do the right thing.

"How anyone can not support gun control is unbelievable?" how about how the general population and gun control activist can be so ignorant about fire arms in general? That's unbelievable. Its funny how every gun control advocate I see has absolutely no idea what they're talking about. All of you are scared little citizens hiding behind your politicians. Why are you scared? because you have NO KNOWLEDGE OF FIRE ARMS so you are afraid of them. You people act like these rifles can kill 100's on a single whim. Wrong. Go ahead and keep surrendering your rights to the government, keep giving them up until they run and regulate your entire life. Then, when you get sick of it you can throw rocks at them and tell them how much you want your liberties back. Good luck in a natural disaster as well, when someone decides they want your food, water, and gas you can politely tell them to go away, and im sure they will. Every one feels so safe and secure in there nice little bubble and wonder why we would need firearms in a "civil" society. Well sorry to pop that little bubble but, governments fall, other countries invade, disasters happen, HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF. Keep telling yourself this "civil" society will last forever.

My condolences for your lost, it was truly terrible, but do not attack our liberties because you feel like you need to take action. Its not just you who were helpless, everyone is, politicians etc. Everyone feels like they need to take action in response to such an event. Gun control is the easiest issue and also, its the wrong issue.

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin

To : Anonymous - February 14th, 2013 postings,
You are without compassion, or simple love for your fellow man. I suggest you get treatment.

As sorry as I am for your loss, and the losses of everyone else involved in this shooting, I have to tell you that you're not helping any cause by stating "facts" that are blatantly fabricated. For starters, the .223 was not designed, or modified to penetrate steel helmets. Secondly, hunting anything other than small varmints with that caliber is illegal in many states because it does not have the take down power needed to be classified as "humane". Hell, Jesse Jackson claimed that semi automatic rifles can shoot down planes and blow up railroads. Do you have any idea how ridiculous that sounds to anyone that knows anything about weapons? As far as banning guns, yes law abiding citizens will do the right thing, and turn in their weapons. You know who won't obey that law? The criminals that ignore the laws already in place. See the issue there?

Veronique, Thank you for your contributions to the gun violence issue. I'm am sure this is a battle that you would rather not be waging. The silenced voices will always be heard and valued by the ones they will protect and save by their sacrifice. I am so sorry that we all didn’t do enough before we lost the bravest of them all. I for one will do better.

Dear Mrs.Pozner
I am a Canadian and I am a Mother.
I offer sincere condolences for the loss of your beautiful child.

I respect you speaking out on such a subject that is so heated.

Yours is the voice of reason, compassion and temperance.

I am disgusted by the number of people who attack your knowledge of guns - even some of the commenters here - like that is the issue?

They are putting their love of guns before the love of life and humanity. They should be ashamed of themselves.

I hope that the lawmakers in the USA will be able to enact some restrictions on gun ownership to at least attempt to prevent certain types of weapons getting into the wrong hands. It works in other intelligent and progressive countries.

For all of those people who take the 2nd Amendment literally, The 2nd Amendment doesn't restrict crazy or mentally ill people from keeping and bearing arms, If you try to restrict their right, then you're part of the gun control crowd
The 2nd Amendment doesn't say "guns", it says "arms" as in automatic weapons,rocket launchers, Tanks, Fighter jets, we even have "nuclear arms". Can we restrict any of these according to the 2nd Amendment? Can someone explain exactly what is meant by "arms" solely on what the 2nd Amendment says?

The honorable thing for the gun rights folks to do would be to leave their comments off of stories like this one written by a mother who lost a child. To those who would say that this is "free speech," I agree that it is. But just because you can do something doesn't mean you should do it, or that it's the honorable, compassionate, or right things to do. I would also point out that there are hundreds if not thousands of other web and facebook outlets for the gun rights folks to post their comments. But reading them here, following a story by a mother who's child was needlessly taken from her in a horrible, horrible manner, I just find my self outraged and hardened against the gun rights crowd even more. To those guns rights folks posting here I would just say first: you make me physically sick. Second, you are not convincing me of anything. To the contrary, your posts here just make me want to fight against you even harder. You cannot and will not change my mind that we need more background checks and that large capacity magazines and assault weapons need to be banned. That's the very least we could do to honor those little children who lost their lives at Sandy Hook.

The thing I find so funny is the fact that everyone is going and either supporting or against gun control. Then there is whole idea behind people not needing a .22 for protection. That is basically all that a .223 is. It is mainly used for Target shooting and rodent killing. The reason why it is used for those reasons is because it is cheap. I have been to Iraq twice. The iraqis are permitted to have one AK style weapon in their homes for self defense reasons. Now, for all of the people who know about guns (the last four people who posted not included) AKs are 7.62 and the ones in Iraq are normally fully auto or semi. If you look at the murders in Iraq, it is done mainly by suicide bombers. The point I am trying to make is that no matter what the gun control laws are events like what happened will always happen. The only difference is the change in the tools of death.

Mathew Fox
Former Army Sergeant

Why exactly do you wish to ban weapons, which according to all the reports I've seen were not even used at Sandy Hook? Gun grabbing will not stop psychopaths and criminals who are bent on murder. It will only make the law abiding members of society weaker and easier targets. As a father I sympathize and grieve for your loss. But as a Soldier that has seen real evil in this world, I cringe at your ignorance and misplaced anger. Something absolutely needs to be done to keep our children safe and to protect us all from the psychos in our society, but gun control is not that something. We must steer our children away from the culture of glorified violence that plagues our country, and work harder to teach them right from wrong. We must punish those who commit heinous crimes swiftly and viciously, so that their punishment will serve as a warning to those that would follow in their footsteps. Again... I am deeply sorry for your loss. But do not punish me for the actions of one man. Had I been there that day, I would have gladly stepped in front of any one of those children, and given my life to protect them. But I would much prefer to be able to shoot back and possibly save all our lives...

Respectfully,
A concerned Soldier, and Father

A steel helmet is not made to withstand bullets from anything, just shrapnel. Any bullet, short of maybe a .22 lr will penetrate a steel helmet. Secondly, .223 rounds are one of the smallest rifle rounds on the market. Usually its used for smaller game like javelina or pest control, not deer. To give you an idea for a 200 pound animal something like a 30-06 would be much more suitable and that is over twice as powerful.

The fact that this grieving mother is being attacked by gun-fellating sociopaths in these comments speaks volumes about the threat we are up against in this country.

Guess what, fellas? Your assault weapons won't make up for any of your inadequacies. And we, the mothers of America: WILL. KEEP. OUR. CHILDREN. SAFE.

You psychotics have awakened a sleeping giant.

i know from experience that .223 doesnt go through steal it barely takes down the taliban fighters that we fight. ive seen 6-7 .223 rounds go through a guy and still comes after us. facts lady. i feel sad for your loss

I can't believe the comments I read on this page. Just becaue you know about gun makes you an expert on laws and protection of our lives? Thank you for your tours in Iraq or wherever, but now that you are back, can't you work for peace in this country and safety for our families by joining the fight against all guns, whatever their names,. And if you want to hunt, people hunted long before the invention of automatic weapons, magazines etc... and they were very successful. Are you not as good as they were? So please, please don't think you sound so virtuous by defining what guns name stands for! And if you have a family, join our fight to save their lives.

Whether it's a .223 cal, .308 cal, .308 special .45 cal, 9mm, .44 mag, etc., all bullets kill. All pistols, all rifles, all shotguns kill. Hell, bows and crossbows kill in the same manner. Are you suggesting ALL of these get banned, or just the ones that frighten you? The real issue is the value system of the killers. The Swiss seem to have figured it out.

http://world.time.com/2012/12/20/the-swiss-difference-a-gun-culture-that...

I'm tired of seeing emotional responses by these parents for gun control. I'm sorry your kid died, but death is a part of life and sometimes it happens young. I may sound cold, but its the honest truth. I'm also sick of seeing ignorant people who have no idea how these weapons work. I'm a US Marine and a avid shooter and hunter, and I can tell you that the AR15 is no different then a lot of hunting rifles available. There are 3 basic ways a weapon fires rounds, there are others but we will cover the 3 most common. Bolt action (where shooter physically moves the bolt themselves with a handle attached to it after each shot to chamber the next round), Semi-automatic (with each pull of the trigger the bolt fires and feeds another round in the chamber using the gases from the burned gun powder to move the bolt) and Automatic (One pull of the trigger and the weapon will continuously fire rounds until the finger is let off the trigger or gun goes dry. It uses either piston system or gas). The first 2 weapon types are readily available in many different weapons. Automatic weapons for a civilian to legally own require class 3 FFL (Federal Firearms License) and extensive FBI background checks and they cost a lot of money. Like many have said in other comments, the .223 round (most common round used in AR15) is one of the weakest rifle rounds. So people are incorrect when they call it a high powered rifle round. We use them in the military strictly for their accuracy and you can carry more of them with less weight. The correct term for any device used to feed rounds into a semi-automatic weapon is the Magazine. It's not clip or whatever stupid name the media and politicians call it. I know AR15's look scary and intimidating, but it's not the weapon that kills, it's the person pulling the trigger. Criminals don't follow laws, they will still get any weapon they want. Lanza didn't even buy the ones he used, he stole them. Banning AR style weapons and the many other semi-automatic weapons out there only takes them out of the hands of law-abiding citizens not criminals. Want to stop the violence in this country? Go after the criminals! Banning something just makes people want it more (Look at prohibition) and you just create more criminals. If you don't like guns, then do not own one, but don't chastise those who do.

The honorable thing for the gun rights folks to do would be to leave their comments off of stories like this one written by a mother who lost a child. To those who would say that this is "free speech," I agree that it is. But just because you can do something doesn't mean you should do it, or that it's the honorable, compassionate, or right things to do. I would also point out that there are hundreds if not thousands of other web and facebook outlets for the gun rights folks to post their comments. But reading them here, following a story by a mother who's child was needlessly taken from her in a horrible, horrible manner, I just find my self outraged and hardened against the gun rights crowd even more. To those guns rights folks posting here I would just say first: you make me physically sick. Second, you are not convincing me of anything. To the contrary, your posts here just make me want to fight against you even harder. You cannot and will not change my mind that we need more background checks and that large capacity magazines and assault weapons need to be banned. That's the very least we could do to honor those little children who lost their lives at Sandy Hook.

I along with the rest of the country and sad for the lose of life at Newtown. I am also saddened by the state of a nation that so many are not only willingly but asking for our rights to be taken away over the actions of a very few deranged indivduals. You want to take action, work on better mental health care screenings in schools to catch this early. You want to ban something? Ban psychotropic drugs from being given to children and young adults.
The facts are simple, a semi automatic firearm is no more or less dangerous than any other firearm. It is the person holding it that makes it dangerous. If the person is uneducated, untrained, or deranged, then bad things can happen. Now the .223 you speak of, as pointed out above is not made to penatrate steel helmets. It is not made to bring down large game. It was made for "varmit" hunting and used in many areas as the preferred round for coyotes.
Now, to your point of I do not need this type of firearm, that is not for you or any other person to decide. It is my right to own it. It is my right to use these firearms for hunting, for sport, and should the need arise for defense of my family. You may think that I do not "need" this, but honestly neither do you "need" to speak out on the matter. You have the right to do so, the same as I have the right to defend myself and my family in the manner I see fit. If you want to change that, I offer you one piece of advice. Do not encourage officials to pass illegal and unconstitutional laws. Instead, if you actually feel a person does not have the right to defend themselves, then take on the 2nd Amendment head on. Ask for a Constitutional Amendment nullifying the 2nd. Then and only then will it be legal, and until that amendment passes we, the people will fight to maintain our rights.

The analysis stated here regarding the .223 round is inaccurate. It is less lethal than many other "acceptable" types of hunting ammunition. This was a terrible tragedy, but it wasn't the gun or the ammo that made it happen. It was the unstable individual.

Excuse me. But, throughout my life I've been taught to know the facts of what I'm talking about before I talk about it. A .223 cannot penetrate a steel helmet on any battlefield. It was never designed for that purpose. The .223 was designed as a varmint pellet that barely has the strength to take down the smallest of game. A deer could survive years after being shot with one. Weapons of mass destruction don't kill 20+ people. They kill hundreds of thousands. Nagasaki. Hiroshima. To name a few. I feel for the loss of your son, and I know that if it had been my child I wouldn't have reacted in the way that most people are to this. Gun control isn't the answer. If it had been any other weapon what would be your fight? About mental instability? Would you want mandatory tests run on every single person to decide I they were capable of something like this? Or would you just chalk it up to another sociopath who just happened to be in your child's path?

Have y'all not learned that there are too many gun lovers out there. It's what is so grand about this country, you know, the fact we can all enjoy hobbies and such. Speaking of hobbies, I gave my hobbies in life up for 16 months of my life (2 Iraq tours) so y'all could live in such a great nation. My hobbies include guns, and I don't approve of people who know absoloutely nothing about them running their heads. I am not telling you to stop your little coalition here, what I am saying is educate yourself on weapon names, calibers, and common terms. You look like idiots when you spew words that are incorrect, that hurts your cause. Say for instance, 5.56mm is the NATO caliber of the popular .223 round. .223 is one of the weakest round available, some states will not let people hunt with .223, because it doesn't have enough take down power to be humane to the deer. It is designed to enter the body and then tumble causing bleed out damage, not take down type damage. Don't be ignorant and educate yourselves, so you may sound clear and concise, not like a leftist, liberal, hippie, idiot.

.223 caliber weapons are not legal for big game hunting in Michigan. The round is too light to inflict enough damage for a humane kill on large animals. Prayers to the Pozner family. I am truly sorry for the loss of Noah. The young man who did it was a monster.

I understand what you are saying, however I must disagree with you. The .223 caliber was not modified to pentrate steel helmets, it just happens to have the power to do so. Also the weapons used to murder those innocent people were semi automatic and not really able to cause "mass destruction"in order for that you would need a fully automatic weapon or a bomb. I agree that the the person who did own these weapons should have had them secured better. However if the person who did take your child and the other people would have probably found another way.

I understand your are for gun control, but it will not solve the problem, even the Vice President said so. When you take away the fundemental right that is gauranteed in the Constitution then which other right will Americans loose?? How about the 13th ammendment or the 28th Ammendment or the 5th???? Take one away and you become a police state. Don't agree Fair enough, isn't that what the 1st ammendment is about????

You people are very ignorant with your propaganda. You cannot deer hunt with a .223. The round was designed for varmint hunting. It is illegal in some areas to even hunt deer with a .223 because it causes suffering. Instead of banning guns, why don't you do more to have criminals put behind bars. Why don't you ban automobiles since they kill more children every year than guns do. Your little gun bans won't stop violence, they will increase it. Why do you think Chicago has such a high crime rate but the strictest gun laws. The sandy hook shooting was done with an illegally possessed firearm. After reading your article all I can say is wow... you're clueless about society. Reading the internet doesn't make you a gun expert. Hate to break yours and Senator Feinstein's hearts on that one.

- An Iraq War Veteran

With all the respect I can muster to somebody grieving at the loss of a child, I must say that the claims that the .223 round (and not 223) being designed and modified to penetrate a steel helmet is false. No helmet will withstand a .223 or most rifle calibers. It won't even withstand a shot with a pistol round like the .45 ACP.
Many states do not allow the .223 as a deer hunting round either because it will not take game and hunters must go to heavier & faster ammunition.
Again, I deeply respect Mrs. Pozner's pain, but incorrect statements should not be accepted if we are to find a true remedy for the violence that sometimes Life visit upon us.

Dear Mrs. Pozner: As a mother, grandmother, and mother-in-law of a teacher, my heart aches everytime I think of Newtown. The only way I can live with myself after this horror is to channel my energy into working against gun violence. Thank you for speaking out. I know there is nothing I can do or say to ease your grief. Please know, however, that I stand with you and Newtown to do whatever I can against gun violence. I will not forget you, your son, or Sandy Hook. You have my respect, admiration, and support.
Dena Rueb Romero

Thank you for your video and my sympathies for your lost. I joined One Million Moms for Gun Control and am now the Co-Chair for Outreach and Coalition because of what happened to Noah; his fellow students and teachers. I will do everything I can to ensure sensible gun laws that will save our current and future generations.

Thank you again for speaking out.

My best.

So agree with you! There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think of the precious lives lost! Again, today, tears formed when my daughter and daughter in law (Daniel Barden's first cousin) sent me pictures of my seven yr. old grandchildren missing their two front teeth. These type of weapons have no place in the general population. I am so heartbroken for you and all the others!

May God bring peace and comfort to all the parents and relatives who suffered the loss of their little children in this horrific event. How anyone can not support gun control is beyond belief. No one needs these weapons to hunt or protect themselves.