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On December 14, 2012, a mass shooting occurred at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, United States.The perpetrator, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, shot and killed 26 people. 20 of the victims were children between six and seven years old, and the other six were adult staff members.
After the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, multiple gun laws were proposed in the United States at the federal and state levels. The shooting renewed debate about gun control. The debates focused on requiring background checks on all firearm sales (called universal background checks), and on passing new and expanded assault weapon and ...
Sandy Hook Promise (SHP) is an American 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization which was established in 2013 in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, in order to work for gun violence prevention programs and policy making. The main mission of Sandy Hook Promise is to educate and empower youth and adults to prevent violence in ...
The December 14, 2012, Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting —in which a gunman shot and killed his mother at home, 20 students, 6 teachers, then himself—received international attention. Governments and world leaders offered their condolences, while tributes and vigils by people were made in honor of the victims.
Americans for Responsible Solutions (ARS) was a United States non-profit organization and super PAC that supports gun control. [2][3] The group's stated goal was "to encourage elected officials to stand up for solutions to prevent gun violence and protect responsible gun ownership." [4] It typically supported Democratic politicians in elections ...
Main article: Gun control after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. The Sandy Hook shooting renewed debate about federal and state assault weapon and large capacity magazine bans, and about universal background checks ( criminal background checks on all gun sales).
Shannon Watts (born January 1, 1971) [1] is an American gun violence prevention activist [2] and the founder of Moms Demand Action. [3][4][5][6] Watts has campaigned for a number of gun control candidates across the country, including President Joe Biden. [7] In 2016, Watts became a board member of Emerge America. [8]
Chris Murphy gun control filibuster. The entire 14-hour and 50-minute filibuster, as broadcast by C-SPAN. On June 15, 2016, in the wake of a mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, Senator Chris Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut, launched a filibuster in the United States Senate, promising to hold the floor "for as long as I can" or until Congress ...