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Sandy Hook Shooting
Ten years ago today at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, our nation watched as the unthinkable happened. Twenty young children with their whole lives ahead of them. Six educators who gave their lives protecting their students. And countless survivors who still carry the wounds of that day.
Still, we must do more. I am determined to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines like those used at Sandy Hook and countless other mass shootings in America.
Enough is enough. Our obligation is clear. We must eliminate these weapons that have no purpose other than to kill people in large numbers. It is within our power to do this – for the sake of not only the lives of the innocents lost, but for the survivors who still hope.Jill and I are praying today for the Sandy Hook families and the innocent lives lost that day.
May God bless them all.
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A month after the shooting, Mark Barden, Nicole Hockley and other parents who lost children that day launched Sandy Hook Promise, an organization dedicated to protecting children from gun violence.
The Sandy Hook Promise group first set its sights on gun reform. Along with other families, they sought bans on AR-15 assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines, both of which were legally purchased by the shooter’s mother and used in the Sandy Hook attack.
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That happened 10 years ago on my birthday. Newtown is close by in a neighboring state and I have a friend there. I remember people driving zigzagged on the road, in shock. Everyone just cried their eyes out. At first, we thought everyone was ok and then the news started filtering out and people just lost it. It's still unreal. It's hard to believe people didn't see this young man was over the edge and failed to speak up.
