Still at it after 25 years Stop Handgun Violence pushes ‘common sense’ laws
Still at it after 25 years
Stop Handgun Violence pushes ‘common sense’ laws
Via Commonwealth Magazine by John Rosenthal October 24, 2019
LIKE MANY PEOPLE, I remember where I was and what I was doing on December 14, 2012, when news broke that a shooter had taken the lives of 26 people, including 20 children, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. And, like many in the wake of the sadness and horror, I thought this might be the “enough is enough” moment, when even the staunchest gun rights defenders and their supporters in Congress would be moved to work toward common sense measures that help save lives. We were wrong.
Since that day, the United States has seen well over 250,000 more deaths attributed to gun violence – more than 100 killed and a mass shooting of four or more people happening every day. And Congress has done nothing.