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WASHINGTON (AP) - A law enforcement official says some guns owned by the mother of the gunman in the Connecticut elementary school rampage match the models of the guns used in the shooting.

The official cautions that investigators haven't conclusively linked the guns used in the rampage to the ones the woman owned.

The official says state police records show the woman had legally purchased five firearms and all were registered in Connecticut. Authorities are still trying to account for all the guns.

The official was not authorized to speak to reporters about the investigation and spoke only on condition of anonymity.

Authorities say the woman's 20-year-old son killed her Friday, then opened fire inside the school in Newtown, massacring 26 people, including 20 children, then killed himself.


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    wrote...
    He looks like
    A little girl.
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    SurpriseMe wrote...
    mental illness is killing everyone
    we have got to pay more attention to mental illness. Every single public gun situation is the result of a mentally disturbed person. Sad part is our government is not smart enough to recognize this so it will continue.
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    mac e dosgays wrote...
    Its
    the video games.
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    2cents wrote...
    Just an observation
    It is a complex and tangled web that contributes to our current dissolution of family, parenting and access to help. But it is clear that consequences have been increasingly obvious, frequent and intense. Since traditional family values and support systems are somewhat intentionally disappearing, at the very least it might be good to focus as a society on how to nurture . . . rather than just create . . . offspring.
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    Steve wrote...
    Leave it to the Left and the media
    To exploit a tragedy in order to move a cause.
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