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Students participate in a prayer service for victims of the Newtown, Connecticut, mass shooting at St. Rose of Lima School in Miami on Friday, December 21.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":true,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":1,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}Erica Simmons rings the campus bell at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia, during a nationwide commemoration December 21, marking a week since the Newtown, Connecticut, mass shooting. Church bells rang out across the country at 9:30 ET Friday to remember those who died in the gun rampage.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":2,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}A woman pauses at a streetside memorial during a moment of silence on December 21 in Newtown.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":3,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}Connecticut State Police block the road to Sandy Hook Elementary School during a moment of silence on December 21. A week ago, a gunman forced his way into the school and shot and killed 26 people, including 20 children.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":4,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}A woman bows her head in Newtown's Sandy Hook village on December 21.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":5,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}People observe a moment of silence for the school shooting victims at the Blue Colony Diner in Newtown on December 21.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":6,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}Children in Newtown, excluding Sandy Hook Elementary, return to classes on Tuesday, December 18, four days after the shooting at the elementary school.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":7,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"} U.S. Rep. David Cicilline, D-Rhode Island, holds a news conference with the Brady Campaign to discuss gun violence. In attendance with the Brady Campaign were several survivors of gun violence and family members of victims of gun violence.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":8,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}Members of the human rights group Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption light candles showing the names of those killed during the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, during a prayer vigil in front of the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines on December 18.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":9,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}Children light candles to pay their respects to the victims of the Newtown, Connecticut, shooting at the main square in Tirana, Albania, on Monday, December 17. The deadly gun rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School has provoked strong reactions from around the world.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":10,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}Protesters march on the National Rifle Association's Capitol Hill lobbyist offices in Washington on December 17.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":11,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks out for stronger gun control at a press conference at City Hall on December 17. Bloomberg, co-chair of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, was joined by victims and survivors of gun violence.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":12,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}Chris Foye, whose son Chris Owens was killed by a stray bullet in 2009, stands with other survivors and family members of gun violence at Bloomberg's press conference on December 17 in New York.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":13,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}People pay their respects on December 17 at a makeshift shrine in Newtown to the victims of Friday's elementary school shooting. Funerals began Monday in the Connecticut town.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":14,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange hold a moment of silence on December 17 in honor of the shooting victims.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":15,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}Young people mourn at Newtown High School before a memorial service attended by President Obama on Sunday, December 16.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":16,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}President Barack Obama waits to speak at an interfaith vigil for the shooting victims from Sandy Hook Elementary School December 16 at Newtown High School.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":17,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}Mourners comfort one another December 16 before U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at an interfaith vigil for the shooting victims.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":18,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}Two women embrace before the interfaith vigil at Newtown High School on Sunday evening. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":19,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}From left: Newtown residents Claire Swanson, Kate Suba, Jaden Albrecht, Simran Chand and New London, Connecticut, residents Rachel Pullen and her son, Landon DeCecco, hold candles at a memorial for victims on Sunday, December 16, in Newtown, Connecticut. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":20,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}A young boy walks past Christmas trees set up at a makeshift shrine to the shooting victims in Newtown, Connecticut, on December 16.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":21,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}Ty Diaz is kissed by his mother, Yvette, at a memorial down the street from Sandy Hook on December 16.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":22,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}Teddy bears, flowers and candles in memory of those killed are left at a memorial down the street from the school on December 16.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":23,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}Two teenagers embrace at a makeshift shrine to the victims in Newtown on December 16.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":24,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}Nuns pay their respects at a makeshift shrine to the victims on December 16.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":25,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}Members of Sisters of Christian Charity go to lay flowers in front of the Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 16 in Newtown.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":26,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}A woman receives a hug as she leaves morning service December 16 at Trinity Church in Newtown near the elementary school.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":27,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}Parishioners pay their respects to the victims of the elementary school shooting while attending Mass at St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown on December 16. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":28,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}Police officers honor the victims of the school shooting at the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church on December 16 in Newtown.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":29,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}The Jacksonville Jaguars have a moment of silence in honor of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims before their game against the Miami Dolphins on December 16. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":30,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}A parishioner kneels in front of a makeshift memorial at St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown on December 16.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":31,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}A police officer removes flowers from a busy intersection on December 16 in Newtown. Police said they were afraid the memorial, left for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, would cause a traffic hazard. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":32,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}A woman hugs her daughter on the steps of Trinity Church on December 16 in Newtown.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":33,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}Angel wood cutouts for each of the 27 victims are set up on hillside in Newtown on December 16.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":34,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}People in Bangalore, India, hold cards and photographs of the slain at a candlelight vigil outside a Catholic church on December 16.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":35,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}J.J. Watt of the Houston Texans shows his glove in remembrance of the victims before the start of a game against the Indianapolis Colts on December 16 in Houston. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":36,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}Donna Soto, right, mother of Victoria Soto, the first-grade teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary School who was shot and killed while protecting her students, hugs her daughter Karly while mourning their loss at a candlelight memorial at Stratford High School on Saturday, December 15, in Stratford, Connecticut.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":37,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}Firefighters kneel to pay their respects at a makeshift memorial near the school in Newtown on Saturday.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":38,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}A child lights a candle at a memorial filled with flowers, stuffed toys and candles outside of Saint Rose of Lima Church near Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on Saturday.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":39,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}Candles light up a memorial outside of Saint Rose of Lima Church in Newtown.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":40,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}Candles burn next to a lighted tree at a makeshift shrine in Newtown.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":41,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}Lucas, Kelly and Michael DaSilva pray and embrace at a makeshift memorial near the school in Newtown.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":42,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}People are overcome with emotion Saturday at a makeshift memorial near Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":43,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}Residents arrive Saturday to pay tribute to the victims of an elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":44,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}A couple carry balloons to place at a curbside shrine to in Newtown on Saturday.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":45,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}A mother and daughter attend a prayer service at St. John's Episcopal Church in Newtown on Saturday.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":46,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}Flowers and signs of sympathy adorn the street leading to Sandy Hook Elementary School.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":47,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}Claudia Urbiana and daughter Jocelyne Cardenas, left, hug outside of the entrance to the Sandy Hook school.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":48,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}A makeshift memorial with flowers, stuffed toys and candles sit outside Saint Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown, Connecticut, on Saturday.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":49,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}A man bows his head as he stands at a makeshift memorial, outside Saint Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown on Saturday, December 15.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":50,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}New Jersey resident Steve Wruble, who was moved to drive out to Connecticut to support local residents, grieves for victims at the entrance to Sandy Hook village in Newtown on Saturday.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":51,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}People attend a prayer service in Newtown on Saturday to reflect.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":52,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}A mother hugs her children after paying tribute to the victims in Newtown on Saturday, December 15.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":53,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}Newtown High School student Trevor Lopez stands outside of a church where residents have come to pray and reflect on SaturdaycnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":54,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}Andrea Jaeger places flowers and a candle at a makeshift memorial outside a firehouse near Sandy Hook Elementary School on Saturday.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":55,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}The U.S. flag flies at half-staff above the White House on Saturday.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":56,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}Ken Kowalsky and his daughter Rebecca, 13, embrace while standing at the end of the road leading to Sandy Hook Elementary School on Saturday.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":57,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}A woman puts a flower near crosses planted by Rio de Paz (Rio of Peace), in memory of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":58,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}A woman sits during a service at the Asylum Hill Congregational Church in Hartford, Connecticut on Friday, December 14.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":59,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}Fans at the NBA game between the Utah Jazz and the Phoenix Suns participate in a moment of silence for the victims of the Newtown shooting on Friday in Phoenix.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":60,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}An overflow crowd listens to a church service held at the St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Newtown on December 14.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":61,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}People gather for a prayer vigil at St. Rose Church on Friday.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":62,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}People gather for a vigil outside the White House in Washington following the Connecticut elementary school shooting on Friday.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":63,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}Candles burn as people gather for a vigil outside the White House.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":64,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}Hartford, Connecticut, Mayor Padro Segarra speaks emotionally about the students and teachers who died earlier in the day at Sandy Hook Elementary School in nearby Newtown at a candlelight vigil at Bushnell Park in Hartford on Friday.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":65,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}Cynthia Alvarez is comforted by her mother, Lilia, as people gather for a prayer vigil at St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":66,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}People gather for a prayer vigil at St. Rose Church in Newtown.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":67,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}People gather for a prayer vigil at St. Rose Church.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":68,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}People gather inside the St. Rose Church to remember the shooting victims on FridaycnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":69,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}A woman bows her head during a vigil for the shooting victims at St. Rose Church.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":70,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}People gather in the St. Rose Church for a memorial service Friday.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":71,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}Women comfort each other during the vigil at St. Rose Church.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":72,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"} A woman looks on during the vigil at St. Rose Church.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":73,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}People hug outside of the Newtown United Methodist Church on Friday, near the site of the shootings at the Sandy Hook school.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":74,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
Erica Simmons rings the campus bell at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia, during a nationwide commemoration December 21, marking a week since the Newtown, Connecticut, mass shooting. Church bells rang out across the country at 9:30 ET Friday to remember those who died in the gun rampage.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":2,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
A woman pauses at a streetside memorial during a moment of silence on December 21 in Newtown.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":3,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
Connecticut State Police block the road to Sandy Hook Elementary School during a moment of silence on December 21. A week ago, a gunman forced his way into the school and shot and killed 26 people, including 20 children.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":4,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
A woman bows her head in Newtown's Sandy Hook village on December 21.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":5,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
People observe a moment of silence for the school shooting victims at the Blue Colony Diner in Newtown on December 21.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":6,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
Children in Newtown, excluding Sandy Hook Elementary, return to classes on Tuesday, December 18, four days after the shooting at the elementary school.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":7,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
U.S. Rep. David Cicilline, D-Rhode Island, holds a news conference with the Brady Campaign to discuss gun violence. In attendance with the Brady Campaign were several survivors of gun violence and family members of victims of gun violence.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":8,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
Members of the human rights group Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption light candles showing the names of those killed during the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, during a prayer vigil in front of the U.S. Embassy in Manila, Philippines on December 18.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":9,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
Children light candles to pay their respects to the victims of the Newtown, Connecticut, shooting at the main square in Tirana, Albania, on Monday, December 17. The deadly gun rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School has provoked strong reactions from around the world.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":10,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
Protesters march on the National Rifle Association's Capitol Hill lobbyist offices in Washington on December 17.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":11,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks out for stronger gun control at a press conference at City Hall on December 17. Bloomberg, co-chair of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, was joined by victims and survivors of gun violence.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":12,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
Chris Foye, whose son Chris Owens was killed by a stray bullet in 2009, stands with other survivors and family members of gun violence at Bloomberg's press conference on December 17 in New York.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":13,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
People pay their respects on December 17 at a makeshift shrine in Newtown to the victims of Friday's elementary school shooting. Funerals began Monday in the Connecticut town.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":14,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange hold a moment of silence on December 17 in honor of the shooting victims.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":15,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
Young people mourn at Newtown High School before a memorial service attended by President Obama on Sunday, December 16.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":16,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
President Barack Obama waits to speak at an interfaith vigil for the shooting victims from Sandy Hook Elementary School December 16 at Newtown High School.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":17,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
Mourners comfort one another December 16 before U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at an interfaith vigil for the shooting victims.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":18,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
Two women embrace before the interfaith vigil at Newtown High School on Sunday evening. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":19,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
From left: Newtown residents Claire Swanson, Kate Suba, Jaden Albrecht, Simran Chand and New London, Connecticut, residents Rachel Pullen and her son, Landon DeCecco, hold candles at a memorial for victims on Sunday, December 16, in Newtown, Connecticut. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":20,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
A young boy walks past Christmas trees set up at a makeshift shrine to the shooting victims in Newtown, Connecticut, on December 16.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":21,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
Ty Diaz is kissed by his mother, Yvette, at a memorial down the street from Sandy Hook on December 16.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":22,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
Teddy bears, flowers and candles in memory of those killed are left at a memorial down the street from the school on December 16.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":23,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
Two teenagers embrace at a makeshift shrine to the victims in Newtown on December 16.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":24,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
Nuns pay their respects at a makeshift shrine to the victims on December 16.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":25,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
Members of Sisters of Christian Charity go to lay flowers in front of the Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 16 in Newtown.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":26,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
A woman receives a hug as she leaves morning service December 16 at Trinity Church in Newtown near the elementary school.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":27,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
Parishioners pay their respects to the victims of the elementary school shooting while attending Mass at St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown on December 16. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":28,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
Police officers honor the victims of the school shooting at the St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church on December 16 in Newtown.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":29,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
The Jacksonville Jaguars have a moment of silence in honor of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims before their game against the Miami Dolphins on December 16. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":30,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
A parishioner kneels in front of a makeshift memorial at St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown on December 16.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":31,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
A police officer removes flowers from a busy intersection on December 16 in Newtown. Police said they were afraid the memorial, left for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, would cause a traffic hazard. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":32,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
A woman hugs her daughter on the steps of Trinity Church on December 16 in Newtown.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":33,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
Angel wood cutouts for each of the 27 victims are set up on hillside in Newtown on December 16.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":34,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
People in Bangalore, India, hold cards and photographs of the slain at a candlelight vigil outside a Catholic church on December 16.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":35,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
J.J. Watt of the Houston Texans shows his glove in remembrance of the victims before the start of a game against the Indianapolis Colts on December 16 in Houston. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":36,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
Donna Soto, right, mother of Victoria Soto, the first-grade teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary School who was shot and killed while protecting her students, hugs her daughter Karly while mourning their loss at a candlelight memorial at Stratford High School on Saturday, December 15, in Stratford, Connecticut.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":37,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
Firefighters kneel to pay their respects at a makeshift memorial near the school in Newtown on Saturday.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":38,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
A child lights a candle at a memorial filled with flowers, stuffed toys and candles outside of Saint Rose of Lima Church near Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on Saturday.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":39,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
Candles light up a memorial outside of Saint Rose of Lima Church in Newtown.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":40,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
Candles burn next to a lighted tree at a makeshift shrine in Newtown.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":41,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
Lucas, Kelly and Michael DaSilva pray and embrace at a makeshift memorial near the school in Newtown.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":42,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
People are overcome with emotion Saturday at a makeshift memorial near Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":43,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
Residents arrive Saturday to pay tribute to the victims of an elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":44,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
A couple carry balloons to place at a curbside shrine to in Newtown on Saturday.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":45,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
A mother and daughter attend a prayer service at St. John's Episcopal Church in Newtown on Saturday.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":46,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
Flowers and signs of sympathy adorn the street leading to Sandy Hook Elementary School.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":47,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
Claudia Urbiana and daughter Jocelyne Cardenas, left, hug outside of the entrance to the Sandy Hook school.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":48,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
A makeshift memorial with flowers, stuffed toys and candles sit outside Saint Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown, Connecticut, on Saturday.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":49,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
A man bows his head as he stands at a makeshift memorial, outside Saint Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown on Saturday, December 15.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":50,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
New Jersey resident Steve Wruble, who was moved to drive out to Connecticut to support local residents, grieves for victims at the entrance to Sandy Hook village in Newtown on Saturday.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":51,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
People attend a prayer service in Newtown on Saturday to reflect.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":52,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
A mother hugs her children after paying tribute to the victims in Newtown on Saturday, December 15.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":53,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
Newtown High School student Trevor Lopez stands outside of a church where residents have come to pray and reflect on SaturdaycnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":54,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
Andrea Jaeger places flowers and a candle at a makeshift memorial outside a firehouse near Sandy Hook Elementary School on Saturday.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":55,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
The U.S. flag flies at half-staff above the White House on Saturday.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":56,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
Ken Kowalsky and his daughter Rebecca, 13, embrace while standing at the end of the road leading to Sandy Hook Elementary School on Saturday.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":57,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
A woman puts a flower near crosses planted by Rio de Paz (Rio of Peace), in memory of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":58,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
A woman sits during a service at the Asylum Hill Congregational Church in Hartford, Connecticut on Friday, December 14.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":59,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
Fans at the NBA game between the Utah Jazz and the Phoenix Suns participate in a moment of silence for the victims of the Newtown shooting on Friday in Phoenix.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":60,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
An overflow crowd listens to a church service held at the St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Newtown on December 14.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":61,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
People gather for a prayer vigil at St. Rose Church on Friday.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":62,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
People gather for a vigil outside the White House in Washington following the Connecticut elementary school shooting on Friday.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":63,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
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Hartford, Connecticut, Mayor Padro Segarra speaks emotionally about the students and teachers who died earlier in the day at Sandy Hook Elementary School in nearby Newtown at a candlelight vigil at Bushnell Park in Hartford on Friday.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":65,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
Cynthia Alvarez is comforted by her mother, Lilia, as people gather for a prayer vigil at St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church in Newtown.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":66,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
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People hug outside of the Newtown United Methodist Church on Friday, near the site of the shootings at the Sandy Hook school.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":74,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
A flag at the U.S. Capitol flies at half-staff after President Barack Obama ordered the action while speaking from the White House. Obama called for "meaningful action" in the wake of the school shooting.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":75,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}Julie Henson of San Francisco joins other people outside the White House to participate in a candlelight vigil on Friday.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":76,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}Obama wipes tears as he makes a statement in response to the shooting on Friday.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":77,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}Washington resident Rachel Perrone, left, and her 5-year-old son, Joe, center, join others outside the White House in a candlelight vigil.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":78,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}Faisal Ali, right, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, joins the vigil outside the White House.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":79,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}People gather outside the White House to participate in a candlelight vigil.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":80,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}Supporters of gun control hold a candlelight vigil for victims of the shooting outside the White House.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":81,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}HIDE CAPTIONReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killings<<<
Julie Henson of San Francisco joins other people outside the White House to participate in a candlelight vigil on Friday.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":76,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
Obama wipes tears as he makes a statement in response to the shooting on Friday.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":77,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
Washington resident Rachel Perrone, left, and her 5-year-old son, Joe, center, join others outside the White House in a candlelight vigil.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":78,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
Faisal Ali, right, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, joins the vigil outside the White House.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":79,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
People gather outside the White House to participate in a candlelight vigil.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":80,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}
Supporters of gun control hold a candlelight vigil for victims of the shooting outside the White House.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":81,"title":"Reaction to Newtown school killings"}HIDE CAPTIONReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killingsReaction to Newtown school killings<<<
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Showing Newtown they're not aloneWhen his bloated and disfigured body was recovered, it was unrecognizable. He was identified based on a ring he always wore.When Jet magazine and the Chicago Defender newspaper published his battered face on their covers, it sent shock waves throughout America, and especially in the black community. The brutality of lynchings were talked about and covered, yet for the world to witness with its own eyes the end result of vicious bigotry, it forced the nation to examine its conscience."There was just no way I could describe what was in that box," Mamie said. "No way. And I just wanted the world to see."In the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut, mass shooting, we have seen numerous photos of the beautiful, smiling faces of the 20 children and six adults slaughtered at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The images we have become accustomed to include them singing at a piano, sporting the gear of a favorite sports team and others. When we think of them being memorialized it's in the context of teddy bears, candles and flowers.Americans want to remember them as vibrant and fun-loving children, but will that actually shake the conscience of America to do something about how they were gunned down in the classroom?What if one of the mothers or fathers of the Newtown 20 demanded that police give them a crime scene photo of their child and they chose to show it to the world? Can you imagine a modern day Mamie Till Mobley, wracked with pain but filled with resolve to show the nation so they could bear witness to what hate did to their child?The great divide: Little common ground with pro- and anti-gun forcesI can tell you that I've talked to numerous black men and women who to this day remember August 28, 1955, the day Till was murdered. The image of his face has been seared into their brain for life as a result of seeing that photo.Is that what Americans need today? Maybe so.For too many of us, we hear about gun violence, we talk about it, we mourn it, but to be honest, we've never witnessed it.Our senses have been dulled to the real world carnage. We demand that news organizations not show American troops, or even the enemy, lying dead in war zones. Even when our troops returned home in flag-draped coffins, the Bush administration forbade it from being covered by the media. The Los Angeles Times was ripped by readers for showing the bloody, lifeless body of Ambassador Christopher Stevens being dragged out of a building in Benghazi, Libya.What does that say about America? Oh, let's talk about tragedy, but please, please, please don't show the real results.We love blood and guts in our movies, preferring exploding heads, chests ripped open by gunfire. We adore the big explosions, bodies flying through the air, buildings tumbling down. We'll drop millions of dollars collectively on movies and video games to see the carnage, but God forbid we are forced to see it in real life.That's America. The land of make believe. Show us the fake stuff, but let's retreat into a fetal position and scream, "No! No! No!" when forced to see the real thing.When my producer sent me that text, I recoiled at even the mere mention of seeing with my own eyes the real life results of what a Bushmaster semi-automatic rifle could do to a 6-year-old body. But maybe I should see it. Maybe Wayne LaPierre of the National Rifle Association should have to answer to such a photo when he is interviewed.Maybe if a modern day Mamie Till met with members of Congress and forced them to look at a photo of her baby, then we would see some political courage.Maybe if all Americans had to bear witness to such a photo, we would stop ignoring the violence equivalent to the Newtown massacres that is happening in Chicago, New Orleans and other cities across this country.Gun violence is a national epidemic. It affects all ages and races. Maybe it's time for America to see the results of what our gun culture has wrought. Enough with our delicate sensibilities. If we truly want to confront the problem, then we'd better have the guts to see the problem.When we've had such tragedies in the past, there was always an initial outcry, and then we'd settle back into our routines.When that image of Emmett Till was shown to the world, it stirred up such a burning desire for justice inside African-Americans that it was a part of the foundation of the civil rights movement. Just three months later the Montgomery bus boycott began, and many African-Americans will tell you that Till's gruesome lynching was the catalyst.Till's death was the moment that led to a movement, and 57 years later, we still talk about his death, largely because of that photo.Maybe the only way Newtown never leaves our conscience and fades away like Aurora or Columbine is if we have to look at the results of the tragedy to ensure that this moment leads to a transformational movement.Follow @CNNOpinion on TwitterJoin us at Facebook/CNNOpinionThe opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Roland Martin.0Comments »PrintEmailMore sharingvar OB_permalink='http://edition.cnn.com'+location.pathname;var OB_langJS='http://widgets.outbrain.com/lang_en.js';var OB_widgetId='AR_1';var OB_Template="cnnedition";if (typeof(OB_Script)!='undefined'){OutbrainStart();}else{var OB_Script=true;var str="cnnad_createAd("915015","http://ads.cnn.com/html.ng/site=cnn_international&cnn_intl_pagetype=mmst&cnn_intl_position=607x95_adlinks&cnn_intl_rollup=opinion&page.allowcompete=no¶ms.styles=fs","95","607");cnnad_registerSpace(915015,607,95);cnnad_createAd("635274","http://ads.cnn.com/html.ng/site=cnn_international&cnn_intl_pagetype=mmst&cnn_intl_position=336x850_rgt&cnn_intl_rollup=opinion&page.allowcompete=no¶ms.styles=fs","850","336");cnnad_registerSpace(635274,336,850);
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