Disturbing photo of toddler boy gnawing on handgun and Nancy Lanza's huge arsenal of weapons revealed

[Peikko 1,575]

A shocking arsenal of guns and rounds of ammunition, all legally bought by the mother of the Sandy Hook school shooter, were documented in newly released police files.

Photographs of the home 20-year-old Adam Lanza shared with his mother, Nancy, showed multiple rounds of ammunition, gun magazines, shot paper targets, gun cases and a safe with a rifle in it.

Investigators also found a check Mrs Lanza had written out for her son to buy another gun, and an empty pack of earplugs. The shooter had been wearing a set when he began his rampage.

The release of the documents provides more detail on how the shooting unfolded and the lengths teachers went to as they tried to protect the young children.

They were made public by Newtown police on Friday in a move that marks the end of the investigation into the December 14 attack that killed 20 first-grade students and six school staff.

After shooting his mother in the head four times as she laid in her bed, Lanza shot his way into the school.

During the attack, which lasted for just over ten minutes, 154 spent .223 casings were recovered from the scene, according to the state's attorney.

Police photos of the inside of the school shows walls pocked with bullet marks, and shattered windows where bullet holes can be seen next to children's drawings that were on display.

As police entered the building, Lanza turned a handgun on himself in one of the school's classrooms.

He had been armed with 10 30-round magazines for his semiautomatic Bushmaster .223 caliber model XM15 rifle and bullets for his two handguns and a shotgun.

When police searched his home they found a further 1,600 rounds of unspent ammunition.

Lanza and his mother had both enjoyed shooting. Although in the weeks leading up to the shooting it was claimed that they had communicated only by email despite living together, the pair liked going to target practice.

Handwritten notes listing the addresses of local gunshops, NRA shooting certificates for Mrs Lanza and a Christmas check written out to her son so he could buy another gun were all found at their property.

A photo of a child was also found. In it the boy is gnawing at a revolver and has rounds of ammunition laid across his lap.

Also among the evidence, was a birthday card that Lanza had received from his father Peter Lanza where he offered to take him shooting.

The brightly-colored card reads: 'Adam, Happy Birthday - Send me an email when you want to go hiking or shooting. Love, Dad.'

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[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

It doesn't sound like his home life was very healthy

[Danno 1,228]

Why no photos of the evil Bushmaster?

I was a little disappointed, I expected to see an arsenal, instead we see .22 cal rifles an antique riffle and a few hand guns, I might be able to put on a better show than that.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I don't think that's the point.

Posing your child with guns and ammo. Just weird.

[Danno 1,228]

I don't think that's the point.

Posing your child with guns and ammo. Just weird.

I thought the photo said it was an "unidentified child."

IF the child can't be identified, how do we know who took the photo?

Again, this case was Obamas springboard to ban the AR-15 and anything else that took a magazine or looked mean and yet they don't show us the gun that made him do it.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

There are 3 inalienable facts here.

1) There is a photo.

2) The photo shows a child being posed with guns and ammo.

3) Someone either posed the child that way or left the guns and ammo laying around and took the photo in a candid moment.

I think it's weird.

[Danno 1,228]

There are 3 inalienable facts here.

1) There is a photo.

2) The photo shows a child being posed with guns and ammo.

3) Someone either posed the child that way or left the guns and ammo laying around and took the photo in a candid moment.

I think it's weird.

We can agree it is a weird photo, my point deals with why they are posting pics of things which might or might not have anything to do with these people and not posting pics of meaningful items.

For all we know someone thought the photo was funny, brought it to the house ten years ago and left it.

It's like going through the average persons garage and with photos making the case that they have "bomb building" materials.

[JohnR! 5,495]

A photo of a child was also found. In it the boy is gnawing at a revolver and has rounds of ammunition laid across his lap.

Too bad the revolver didn't go off at that time so Sandy Hook would have never come to pass...

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

That's hardly an arsenal. Cute kid, though.

I'm particularly disturbed by the 5 lb weight and HDD together, though...

[himher 634]

"Huge Arsenal"

Reported for misleading thread title

Kid's holding a plastic toy gun. We would all be in jail if that was a crime.

Find something newsworthy next time. This was just a really, really disturbed kid that got tossed to the basement so his mom could enjoy her alimony in peace.

[Ban Hammer 13,399]

not a handgun

[Danno 1,228]

Too bad the revolver didn't go off at that time so Sandy Hook would have never come to pass...

It's not a revolver.

IT looks so small it may be a toy.

We don't know that that the kid in the pic is even the killer.

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

not a handgun

It IS a handgun, cuz it's held in one hand. More to the point, it's a Crossman break-barrel dart gun, .177 caliber. Typically sold with a wound-paper target at Wal Mart and similar stores.

Here's the other side of a similar one...

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Was the killers interest in guns healthy or unhealthy?

Hint: this is a very loaded question.

[Peikko 1,575]

Amazing, the gun aficionados are so obsessed with guns themselves they see nothing bizarre about gun obsessions and what they can lead to - they'd rather comment on how miserable a collection it is, rather than this is an example of an unhealthy obsession and a mother who cared so little about her child that she did not question anything about his state of mind, just bought him more guns. Brilliant as usual gunster fox tribe members