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.1.1 United States government involvement.In 2019, Jones reversed his stance and stated that the massacre was real.

In 2018, the parents of several children killed in the Sandy Hook shooting launched a lawsuit against Jones and other authors of conspiracy videos for defamation, accusing them of engaging in a campaign of 'false, cruel, and dangerous assertions'. A number of sources have published articles debunking various claims put forward by conspiracy theorists. Moreover, many Sandy Hook conspiracy theories contradict one another. No evidence supports the conspiracy theories, which make a number of implausible claims. Jones described the shooting incident as 'synthetic, completely fake with actors in my view, manufactured it just shows how bold they are that they clearly used actors.' The massacre was described by Fetzer and Tracy as a classified training exercise involving members of federal and local law enforcement, the news media, and crisis actors, which they claim was modeled on Operation Closed Campus, an Iowa school-shooting drill that was canceled in 2011 amid threats and public outcry. Fetzer, James Tracy, and others, and further popularized by Alex Jones, denied that the massacre actually occurred, asserting that it was faked. 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

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