From Connecticut ... to Washington's National Cathedral .... to the floor of the New York Stock Exchange .... Americans stop for a moment of silence Friday morning.<br/> <br />Church bells tolled 26 times - in memory of the 20 children and six adults killed one week ago - in a shooting rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School.<br/> <br />In Washington, the most powerful U.S. gun rights lobby made its first public statement since the massacre.<br/> <br />National Rifle Association Chief Executive Wayne LaPierre:<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: National Rifle Association Chief Executive Wayne LaPierre<br/> <br />"The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun."<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: National Rifle Association Chief Executive Wayne LaPierre<br/> <br />"I call on Congress today to act immediately to appropriate whatever is necessary to put armed police officers in every single school in this nation.<br/> <br />LaPierre - who also said the media and violent video games had its share of the blame -- was interrupted twice by protesters.<br/> <br />Connecticut residents - visiting a memorial to the victims - gave this response to more guns in school.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: Karlon Cromwell, Memorial visitor<br/> <br />"No. That's only going to affect the kids psychologically."<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: Lori Mendez, Memorial visitor<br/> <br />"I'm not surprised by it. I wasn't hopeful that it would be a positive statement."<br/> <br />And more gun violence in the U.S. on Friday -- four people die on a rural Pennsylvania highway after a gunman shoots three and is killed in a police shootout.
