So the conspiracy theorists must instead challenge the claim that the attack even occurred. that he would sign the small arms treaty?" Īccording to Live Science, "No one, regardless of what side of the gun control issue they are on, can deny that guns played a key role in the Sandy Hook killings. Talk show host Clyde Lewis wrote: "Don't you find it at all interesting that Adam Lanza, the alleged shooter at Sandy Hook, woke up one day and decided to shoot up a school and kill children at about the same time that Barack Obama told the U.N. Lawyer and dentist Orly Taitz-best known for her promotion of Barack Obama citizenship ("birther") conspiracy theories-was quoted as asking "Was Adam Lanza drugged and hypnotized by his handlers to make him into a killing machine as an excuse as the regime is itching to take all means of self defense from the populace before the economic collapse?" Others say the attack is being used by politicians to push through new gun control legislation, or to otherwise persecute gun owners and survivalists. Some conspiracy theorists claim that the shooting was a hoax and a false flag operation staged by the United States government. 1.9 Other conspiracy theorists and claimsĬonspiracy claims United States government involvement.1.2 Claims broadcast by Iranian television.
The more common conspiracy theory, adopted initially by James H. government as part of an elaborate plot to promote stricter gun control laws. Various conspiracy theorists have claimed, for example, that the massacre was actually orchestrated by the U.S. A number of fringe figures have promoted conspiracy theories that doubt or dispute what occurred at Sandy Hook. The perpetrator, Adam Lanza, fatally shot his mother before murdering 20 students and six staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School, and later committed suicide. The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting occurred on December 14, 2012, in Newtown, Connecticut. Claims the school shooting was a false flag government attack