Gov. Jay Nixon said Monday that policymakers should consider the availability of particularly lethal weapons after a deadly Connecticut school shooting, and a state lawmaker suggested arming teachers or other school personnel might help deter such attacks.
Nixon, a Democrat who is a gun owner and hunter, stopped short of calling for any specific gun-control measures in response to the shootings that killed 20 students and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School. But he said it's time for policymakers to focus on "the lethality of various weapons that are used and how that fits into what should be available."
"The gruesome efficiency with which this horrific crime occurred gives pause to all of us as to the lethality of weapons out there," Nixon said.