| − | '''Newtown''', Connecticut, is a small, wealthy town in the New York metropolitan area. It was established in 1711, and consists of 38,644 acres (60.38 square miles).That space is divided into five smaller regions, Borough, Sandy Hook, Hawleyville, Botsford and Dodgingtown.<ref>http://www.newtown-ct.gov/welcome-town-newtown</ref> Newtown, and specifically the Sandy Hook neighborhood gained a great deal of attention when 26 people were there massacred on December 14, 2012, by 20-year-old Adam Lanza. Twenty of the victims were young children, gunned down at Sandy Hook Elementary School where Lanza's mother volunteered. Adam Lanza stole four guns<ref>http://www.gunfaq.org/2013/03/was-the-weapon-used-at-sandy-hook-an-ar-15/</ref> from his mother, then shot and killed her with one of them. The massacre was used by [[liberal]]s to push for [[gun control]]. | + | '''Newtown''', [[Connecticut]], is a small, wealthy [[town]] in the [[Danbury]] metropolitan area. It was established in 1711, and consists of 38,644 acres (60.38 square miles). That space is divided into five smaller regions, [[Borough]], [[Sandy Hook]], [[Hawleyville]], [[Botsford]], and [[Dodgingtown]].<ref>http://www.newtown-ct.gov/welcome-town-newtown</ref> Newtown, and specifically the Sandy Hook neighborhood gained a great deal of attention when 26 people were there massacred on December 14, 2012, by 20-year-old Adam Lanza. Twenty of the victims were young children, gunned down at Sandy Hook Elementary School where Lanza's mother volunteered. Adam Lanza stole four guns<ref>http://www.gunfaq.org/2013/03/was-the-weapon-used-at-sandy-hook-an-ar-15/</ref> from his mother, then shot and killed her with one of them. The massacre was used by [[liberal]]s to push for [[gun control]]. |