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A woman waits to hear about her sister, a teacher. Jessica Hill / AP
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A police officer leads two women and a child from Sandy Hook Elementary School. Shannon Hicks / AP Photo/Newtown Bee.
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The latest attack comes less than two weeks before Christmas. It appeared to be the nation's second-deadliest school shooting, exceeded only by the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007. Alex von Kleydorff / AP
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A woman weeps as she arrives to pick up her children. AP
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A candlelight vigil in Times Square, for the victims. Carlo Allegri / Reuters
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The families of victims grieve. Adrees Latif / Reuters
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The latest attack comes less than two weeks before Christmas. It appeared to be the nation's second-deadliest school shooting, exceeded only by the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007. Andrew Gombert / AP
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A woman waits to hear about her sister, a teacher. Jessica Hill / AP
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A police officer leads two women and a child from Sandy Hook Elementary School. Shannon Hicks / AP Photo/Newtown Bee.
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The latest attack comes less than two weeks before Christmas. It appeared to be the nation's second-deadliest school shooting, exceeded only by the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007. Alex von Kleydorff / AP
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A woman weeps as she arrives to pick up her children. AP
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A candlelight vigil in Times Square, for the victims. Carlo Allegri / Reuters
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The families of victims grieve. Adrees Latif / Reuters
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The latest attack comes less than two weeks before Christmas. It appeared to be the nation's second-deadliest school shooting, exceeded only by the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007. Andrew Gombert / AP
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A woman waits to hear about her sister, a teacher. Jessica Hill / AP
US Shootings: every day in America, 12 children die from gunfire
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Dr James Zogby is the president of the Arab American Institute and a columnist for The National
22 December, 2022