There's more sick and strange news out of Newtown, Connecticut today. Investigators looking into the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School have let slip that shooter Adam Lanza wore earplugs when he went on a murderous rampage that claimed 27 innocent lives.
By doing that, Lanza dulled at least one of his senses to the chaos that was unfolding inside that school. He was immune to the chaos he was creating. He had closed himself off to the screams, to the pleas ...
Why?
We'll never know exactly.
Lanza destroyed anything that might have helped us understand. We do know he had a form of autism, and loud noises may have bothered him. Or maybe this was simply routine after going to shoot at ranges with his mom (and gun owner) Nancy Lanza. After all, earplugs are standard issue at places like that.
Cops say that it may also be a sign that Lanza never intended to end up as a dead body in the morgue. If he cared about protecting his hearing, they reason, he intended to survive the massacre.
Who knows?
The point is, Adam Lanza couldn't hear what was going on in that school. He didn't hear the sort of noises that should have reminded him that the lives he was destroying were those of little kids, the world's most delicate creatures.
Hearing those little voices probably wouldn't have stopped him. He was quite obviously hellbent on a horrific mission. But as we try to make sense of how someone -- anyone -- could be so evil, I'd like to think that maybe Adam Lanza at least knew what he was doing was wrong, that he plugged up his ears so that he couldn't hear a reminder so strong.
It doesn't explain everything or even that much. But it's something ...
What do you make of this troubling detail?
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I agree with RHPS, he probably didnt like the loud noises.
It was already published that he frequently went to the shooting range with his mother, where earplugs are commonplace. If anything he was just keeping with what he learned, I don't know that I would put any weight in him doing it to intentially drown out noise, or because he thought he'd get out of there alive.
Also, thank you for stating that it was 27 victims instead of 26, everyone seems to forget that his poor mother was the first person that he shot.
Your writing, questions and comments are criminal! Your blogs are tantamount to watching a carwreck! I wished to God I had the fortitude to never read your crap again. You are vile, inaccurate and a fooking moron.
BTW even when wearing the earplugs you can still hear!!!!! They provide a level of protection for high decimal levels they do not block total sound!
I have a title for your next blog........"CRAP THAT JEANNE WRITES ABOUT TERRIBLE TRADEGIES THAT HAVE NO MEANING, ARE WRONG, AND MUST CREATE PAIN FOR ANY PERSONS RELATED TO THE INCIDENT WHO MAKES THE MISTAKE OF READING THE DRIVEL".
Honestly do you ever read what you write after it's done and before you hit submit?
Non member, I agree it was harsh but to get to this point you would have to read her prior similar postings. Her blogs are always filled with inaccurate information, assumptions, and just plain borderline criminal insuations. this hit me very hard, as a father this horrific event is mind boggling to me the pain and anquish of the poor parents/families must be in. And then to write a blog that is basically trying to read the mind of the creature that did this and then say the words "block out the screams of his victims"..........how much more pain would that cause a hurting parent/family member? And for what for a stupid, poorly written, and totally insane blog by someone who seems possessed with writing things to grab peoples attention like the headline of a National Enquirer in the check out line..............she does this over and over........she has no shame and no feelings for others, if she did she would actually try and understand my point.