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Joanne and Bill Brunetti of Newtown, Conn., part of a group monitoring memorials around the clock, take an early morning shift on Dec. 25, 2012, in Newtown, near a memorial for Sandy Hook Elementary School students and teachers. Gunman Adam Lanza walked into the school on Dec. 14 and opened fire, killing 26, including 20 children, before killing himself. (Associated Press)

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Stockings and angel silhouettes honoring Sandy Hook Elementary School students and teachers line an iron fence in Newtown, Conn., Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012. People continue to visit memorials after gunman Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, and opened fire, killing 26, including 20 children, before killing himself. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

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Among a memorial to the Sandy Hook Elementary students and teachers, Julian Revie of Ottawa, Canada, plays Christmas music on a piano he helped bring to the memorial, Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012 in Newtown, Conn. People continue to visit memorials after gunman Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26, including 20 children, before killing himself. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

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Portraits of slain students and teachers hang from a tree at a memorial in Newtown, Conn. Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012. People continue to visit memorials in the wake of the shootings after gunman Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26, including 20 children, before killing himself. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

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You in the red suit. Come down with your hands up. (Illustration by Dana Summers for the Orlando Sentinel)

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A mother hugs her daughter following the mass shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., about 60 miles northeast of New York, on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/The New Haven Register, Melanie Stengel)

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Teachers walk away from the Sandy Hook Elementary School following the mass shooting on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. (AP Photo/The Journal News, Frank Becerra Jr.)

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Connecticut State Police are on scene following the mass shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., about 60 miles northeast of New York, on Dec. 14, 2012. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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A mother hugs her daughter following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., about 60 miles northeast of New York, on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/The New Haven Register, Melanie Stengel)

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Former Rep. Asa Hutchison, Arkansass Republican, gestures as he speaks during a news conference in response to the Connecticut school shooting on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in Washington. Mr. Hutchinson will lead an National Rifle Association program that will develop a model security plan for schools that relies on armed volunteers. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

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Parents walk away from the Sandy Hook Elementary School with their children following the mass shooting on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. (AP Photo/The Journal News, Frank Becerra Jr.)

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** FILE ** A woman weeps as she arrives to pick up her children at the Sandy Hook Elementary School on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. (AP Photo/The Journal News, Frank Becerra Jr.)

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Heavily armed Connecticut state troopers are on the scene at the Sandy Hook Elementary School following the mass shooting on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. (AP Photo/The Journal News, Frank Becerra Jr.)

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Connecticut State Police lead children from the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., following the shooting there on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Newtown Bee, Shannon Hicks)

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A woman waits to hear about her sister, a teacher, following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., about 60 miles northeast of New York, on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

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Authorities say Adam Lanza killed his mother at their home and then opened fire inside the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., killing 26 people, including 20 children, before taking his own life, on Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/NBC News)

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“If it’s crazy to call for armed officers in our schools to protect our children, then call me crazy. I think the American people think it’s crazy not to do it” Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the National Rifle Association, says in response to the shootings in Newtown, Conn., that killed 26 people in a school. (Associated Press)