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Sandy Hook Advisory Commission To Meet Thursday, Hear Presentations From Key Experts

The commission, chaired by Hamden Mayor Scott Jackson, will hear from experts who were directly involved in the aftermath of the Columbine and Virginia Tech tragedies.

 

The Sandy Hook Advisory Commission, chaired by Hamden Mayor Scott Jackson, will hold its first meeting on Thursday, when they will receive information on the status of the Sandy Hook Elementary School investigation and hear presentations from experts directly involved in the aftermath of the Columbine and Virginia Tech tragedies.

The meeting will begin with remarks by Governor Malloy, who will charge the members with their objectives, followed by Danbury State’s Attorney Stephen J. Sedensky III, who will review the status of the Sandy Hook investigation.

The panel will then hear separate presentations from former Colorado Governor Bill Ritter and University of Virginia School of Law Professor Richard Bonnie, who will each discuss how their states reacted to the Columbine and Virginia Tech shootings, respectively.

At the time of the Columbine massacre in 1999, Governor Ritter was district attorney for Denver and became a member of the Columbine Review Commission, which conducted a review of the tragedy for then-Colorado Governor Bill Owens.  Ritter was elected Governor of Colorado in 2007 and served until 2011.

Richard Bonnie is director of the Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy at the University of Virginia, and serves as chair of the Virginia Commission on Mental Health Law Reform.  Following the Virginia Tech tragedy in 2007, he served as a consultant to then-Virginia Governor Tim Kaine’s Virginia Tech Review Panel.

Thursday’s meeting begins at 10:30 a.m. in Room 2C of the Legislative Office Building in Hartford.  The meeting will be broadcast live on television and online by the Connecticut Network (CT-N).

The Sandy Hook Advisory Commission is a 16-member panel of experts created by Governor Malloy to review current policy and make specific recommendations in the areas of public safety, with particular attention paid to school safety, mental health, and gun violence prevention.  Additional information on the commission can be found on its website at ct.gov/SHAC.

Press release from Governor Dannel P. Malloy's office

JimK January 23, 2013 at 06:28 pm
Not one of these "experts" knows anything about firearms. As Scott Jackson proudly announced, this is by design.
Someone needs to tell me why good, decent, law-abiding gun owners should care or support these efforts, when ultimately they will be aimed at us, rather than actual causes of criminal behavior?
Columbine family January 25, 2013 at 03:15 am
The Columbine shooters were victims of pedophilic rape. so was Adam Lanza.
Google RELEASE MARK TAYLOR Mark is a Columbine victim who was illegally incarcerated and drugged against his will while reporting this. Bill Ritter railroaded the Owens Columbine review commission into the belief that the shooters were being bullied by classmates. This had been proven wrong. google Columbine cover up www.columbinefamilyrequest.org
cheryl January 25, 2013 at 01:53 pm
They are attaacking our constitution. Just answer me one question- when they eliminate the constitution all together as they are doing inch by inch- WHAT WILL TAKE ITS PLACE?
1ST AMENDMENT- religious consscience - Obamacare mandate for birth control 2ND AMENDMENT- GUN CONTROL 4th AMENDMENT- WARRENTLESS SEARCH, NDAA(national defence authorization act- PICK AMERICANS OFF THE STREET AND HOLD THEM INDEFINIATELY. 10th Amendment- STATES RIGHTS- 14TH AMENDMENT- MOVE TO BY PASS CONGRESS WHO KNOWS THE 22 AMENDMENT - PRESIDENT TERM LIMITS? WHEN WILL WE WAKEUP AND START UNDERSTANDING WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT?
Columbine family January 25, 2013 at 04:08 pm
Link to this information then ask yourself why this is being ignored. If this is false info. then the poster should be prosecuted. Otherwise it stands as real. The written motive is included in the you tube. "Raped by Perverts".
http://www.examiner.com/slideshow/video-posted-online-one-day-prior-to-sandy-hook-massacre-may-answer-questions-1#slide=56712291 http://globalgrind.com/news/adam-lanza-make-massacre-threat-internet-message-board-newtown-shooting-connecticut-gun-death-students-teachers-details

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