
Raising Adam Lanza
2013-02-19 · 55 min · Not rated
Examine the life of Adam Lanza, the Newtown shooter, and the battle over gun laws and gun culture. Adam Lanza shot and killed 20 first-graders and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, on December 14, 2012, before shooting himself.
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