NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Newtown marked the seventh anniversary of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School with vigils, church services and a moment of joy when the community’s high school football team — with a shooting victim’s brother as linebacker — won the state championship Saturday in a last-minute thrill.
A woman in attending Robert “Beto” O’Rourke’s October 30, 2019, town hall told him his gun control plans are “bullsh*t” and pointed out that Democrats have failed urban communities for decades.
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) cited the December 14, 2012, Newtown shooting as motivation for a gun control push that would not have prevented the Newtown shooting.
Every multiple murder committed by an individual with a firearm at a school, is followed immediately by a heated debate about why and how such a tragedy occurred, and what steps can be taken to prevent, or at least minimize the chance for a recurrence.
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When confronted by Second Amendment supporters on Twitter, Gretchen Carlson doubled down on her pro-ban stance, sometimes conflating an AR-15 with the 30-round magazines that can be used in such a firearm.
Connecticut 5th District candidate Bill Stevens opposes universal background checks for gun sales unless similar checks are put in place for speech and other rights enumerated in constitutional amendments.
On February 3, the gun control group Newtown Action Alliance is asking every business in Newtown, Connecticut, to become a gun-free zone.
During the town hall on guns with President Obama, CNN showed him a clip of himself crying at the White House and was asked for a reaction.
On December 14, Newtown Police Chief Michael Kehoe said police departments and the various branches of the military need to use the leverage of purchase contracts to pressure firearm makers into building smart guns.
On June 29, The Washington Post (WaPo) called out gun control Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) for his “misleading” and exaggerated claims regarding school shootings since the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, Connecticut.
Former Senior White House advisor Dan Pfeiffer admits that one of President Obama’s angriest moments in the White House was after the Senate blocked his push for gun control.
Homeschooling families in Connecticut are in the process of forming a parental rights coalition, as they reject the use of the Newtown shootings over two years ago as a vehicle to undermine the rights of parents to choose the venue for educating their children.
On February 4, Representative Elizabeth Esty (D-CT-5th Dist.) introduced a bill to ban “high capacity” ammunition magazines, and it was supported by 100 Democrat cosponsors.
On December 17, North Central Connecticut’s Journal Inquirer (JI) reported that by suing Bushmaster firearms, Newtown parents and their attorney have effectively sued every gun company. Written by managing editor Chris Powell, the JI column shows this is so because “the lawsuit’s
