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Here is another video about this: [url]http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_c3#/video/bestoftv/2013/01/16/ac-newtown-conspiracy-theorists-harassment.cnn[/url]
I was not even aware of this, but apparently there are conspiracy theories about the newtown shooting, which claims that the shooting was misreported, exaggerated, or completely fake in order for the US government to increase support for gun control. The most notable guy is a college professor who claimed that the shooting was not thoroughly investigated, and got the attention of Anderson Cooper. Survivors of the shooting are actually being harassed by some of these people, calling them liars and fakers.
Now, clearly these people are a very small minority who are only payed attention too because of the internet and do not represent gun advocates, these people are completely different. Still, this is just disgusting.
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He's not the first. There are a lot of people who believe it. Looking at their arguments and the evidence, it seems as though they're just grasping for something when nothing is really there. Most of the "proof" conspiracy theorists produce can be refuted if you just look at the evidence.