Adam Lanza

Fight against gun violence must go on despite setback in the Senate

2013-04-23 06:45:00

I am ashamed to find out that the U.S. Senate has voted to oppose minimal, common-sense gun control legislation ("Defeat leaves gun control backers at a loss for strategy," April 19). Thankfully, both of our Maryland senators supported these measures,...

Keeping guns from mentally ill should be common sense

2013-04-09 10:30:00

As a recent letter to the editor noted, studies have shown that a gun in the home increases the risk of suicide, murder and accidents ("Arming school employees only raises danger," April 7). As a footnote to all the media coverage about the massacre...

Newtown shooter's reading list?

2013-03-28 13:49:00

The search warrant for the home of Adam Lanza, who went on a murderous pre-Christmas rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., included some chilling items, including a New York Times articla about a 2008 school shooting. It also mentioned...

Let's be grown-ups on gay marriage and assault weapons

2013-03-27 15:53:00

Given the lack of interest in Congress in protecting children from guns, it was nice to hear a grown-up in Washington speak on behalf of kids, any kids — in this case, the nearly 40,000 kids who live with same-sex parents in California. "They want...

Why we should ban assault weapons

2013-03-21 10:43:23

In 2002, John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo terrorized the Washington region for three weeks by firing bullets at innocent people in parking lots and at gas stations, ultimately killing 10 people and wounding three others. They used a Bushmaster XM-15...

State needs gun control; Perry Hall shooter needs therapy not prison

2013-03-02 13:09:07

With no thanks to the Democratic state senator who represents the area, the Baltimore County community of Perry Hall is safer from gun violence than it was six months ago. We can say that much. Sen. Kathy Klausmeier might have voted against the important...

Remembering Sandy Hook on the way to Congress

2013-03-06 15:27:00

From Washington to Annapolis to Hartford, Conn., wherever new gun restrictions are being debated, it's important to remember Sandy Hook. That's not a plea to the emotions. That's a plea to human decency and common sense — a reminder of the...

The forgotten victim: Nancy Lanza

2012-12-26 12:28:00

The philosopher Kahlil Gibran's meditation on children is a touching favorite among parents who have read "The Prophet." In it, he captures perfectly the helplessness we feel as our children go out into the world, into the future, and necessarily...

Keep the focus on handguns in Maryland

2013-01-14 03:00:00

It has been one month since the devastating tragedy in Newtown, Conn., and most of us are still trying to come to grips with the events of that terrible day. When gun violence rips through a community it is always hard to bear, but when the victims of the...

Guns in the home are an accident waiting to happen

2012-12-31 09:00:00

I was stunned to read Susan Reimer's remarks about the mother of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter, Adam Lanza ("Nancy Lanza, Newtown's forgotten victim," Dec. 27). Ms. Reimer makes some astonishing statements. For example, Ms. Reimer writes that...

Were China and Newtown events 'equally horrible'? Also, letters policy too narrow [Letter]

2013-01-09 09:47:00

In his letter published in the Dec. 26 issue of the Towson Times ("Banning guns is not the answer; gun abuse more complex") , R. Devereux Slingluff cites an event in China on the same day as the mass murder in Newtown, Conn., when a man slashed 22...

The heroes of Newtown

2012-12-18 10:06:00

As the nation continues this week to deal with the grief and heartache left behind by the murder of 26 children and adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School last Friday, let there also be a moment set aside for exultation. Let a banner be raised for the...

Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter Adam Lanza lived with his mother, Nancy Lanza, at 36 Yogananda Court in the Sandy Hook section of Newtown. Warrants pertaining to the investigation are scheduled to be unsealed Thursday, but some details may remain sealed.

2013-03-27 11:35:00

The four search warrants for the Newtown home on Yogananda Street that Lanza shared with his mother, Nancy, and for the black Honda Civic (pictured) that he drove to the school on Dec. 14 were sealed for 90 days in late December.

2013-03-27 00:00:00

The home of Nancy Lanza at 36 Yogananda St. in Sandy Hook, where her son, Adam Lanza, also lived.

2013-03-27 00:00:00