By Michael Zennie The father of a seven-year-old boy killed in the Newtown school shooting has a message for Richard Martinez: You're not alone. Mark Barden has written a heart-wrenching open letter to the man whose son was gunned down by Elliot Rodger in Santa Barbara last weekend - offering his condolences and his support. 'We have not met, but you are now part of our extended family,' Barden writes in a Facebook message. 'It is not a family we chose, but a family born from the horrible circumstance of losing a child to gun violence - one that’s only growing each day.'
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Mark Barden wrote an open letter to Richard Martinez, who has become to face of the the Santa Barbara massacre
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Barden lost his own son, seven-year-old Daniel, in the Newtown school shooting in 2012
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Martinez has blamed 'craven, irresponsible politicians and the NRA' for his son Christopher's death
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On Tuesday, he brought 20,000 mourning college students to their feet with his chant 'Not One More' at a memorial service for the victims of @placeholder's rampage.