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|He was fascinated with guns, though his mother gave him instruction in their proper use, hoping this would teach him responsibility.<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9751240/Connecticut-school-shooting-Adam-Lanzas-mother-thought-guns-would-teach-him-responsibility.html</ref>  In later years his "existence ... largely involved playing violent computer video games in a bedroom," and he "spent hours playing violent video games such as Call Of Duty in a windowless bunker";<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9752141/Connecticut-school-massacre-Adam-Lanza-spent-hours-playing-Call-Of-Duty.html</ref> he was "goth" and wore a mask; after the massacre, officers found evidence that he had been playing "graphically violent" video games recently;<ref>http://articles.courant.com/2012-12-15/news/hc-adam-lanza-newtown-shooting-1216-20121215_1_law-officers-asperger-semiautomatic-rifle</ref> "Dynasty Warriors" had been one of his favorites in the past
 
|He was fascinated with guns, though his mother gave him instruction in their proper use, hoping this would teach him responsibility.<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9751240/Connecticut-school-shooting-Adam-Lanzas-mother-thought-guns-would-teach-him-responsibility.html</ref>  In later years his "existence ... largely involved playing violent computer video games in a bedroom," and he "spent hours playing violent video games such as Call Of Duty in a windowless bunker";<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9752141/Connecticut-school-massacre-Adam-Lanza-spent-hours-playing-Call-Of-Duty.html</ref> he was "goth" and wore a mask; after the massacre, officers found evidence that he had been playing "graphically violent" video games recently;<ref>http://articles.courant.com/2012-12-15/news/hc-adam-lanza-newtown-shooting-1216-20121215_1_law-officers-asperger-semiautomatic-rifle</ref> "Dynasty Warriors" had been one of his favorites in the past
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|not a word by the [[liberal media]] about violent video games, but instead they demand [[gun control]]<ref>Cummings, Quinn (October 31, 2014). [http://time.com/3551600/sandy-hook-advisory-commission-homeschooling/ Homeschooled Kids Shouldn't Be Scapegoats for Sandy Hook]. ''Time''. Retrieved July 28, 2017.</ref><ref>Unruh, Bob (September 26, 2014). [http://www.wnd.com/2014/09/sandy-hook-commission-blames-homeschooling/ Sandy Hook Commission Blames Homeschooling]. ''WND''. Retrieved July 28, 2017.</ref>
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|The usual call for stricter gun control, but not a lot of calls for control of violent video games.  Some commentators suggested that homeschooling was to blame, and that there should be testing for antisocial/dangerous behavior for homeschooled students as well as for public-school students.  But he was obviously a very troubled person.  Society simply does not have the resources to identify dangerous people, homeschooled or otherwise, and it isn't known whether such a program would be effective.<ref>Cummings, Quinn (October 31, 2014). [http://time.com/3551600/sandy-hook-advisory-commission-homeschooling/ Homeschooled Kids Shouldn't Be Scapegoats for Sandy Hook]. ''Time''. Retrieved July 28, 2017.</ref><ref>Unruh, Bob (September 26, 2014). [http://www.wnd.com/2014/09/sandy-hook-commission-blames-homeschooling/ Sandy Hook Commission Blames Homeschooling]. ''WND''. Retrieved July 28, 2017.</ref>
 
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