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A child protects candles from the wind during a vigil outside the White House in Washington, DC, following the Connecticut elementary school shooting, December 14, 2012. A young gunman slaughtered 20 small children and six teachers on Friday after walking into a school in the idyllic Connecticut town of Newtown wielding at three sophisticated firearms. (Credit: MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP/Getty Images)