Just when we think we have relegated to the back of our minds the unsettling thought that schoolchildren in America can never be completely safe, another tragic event makes the headlines. The December, 2012 shooting of 20 children and 6 adults at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT shocked the nation. What causes a human being to commit such a senseless act of violence of such magnitude, and what, if anything, can we do to prevent similar occurrences in the future? Also, how can we best help those children who have been severely traumatized?

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