Events planned to mark Sandy Hook anniversary

The idea for 26 Days of Kindness, is to perform acts to honor the 20 children and six adults who lost their lives in the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown.

“From Columbine, to Sandy Hook to San Bernardino to Chicago, the Genesee St.in Rochester to Chili Ave.to every suburb and city in America gun violence reigns supreme”, said Rev. Lewis Stewart, United Christian Leadership Ministry.

For the first time, Newtown students are in school on the anniversary of the tragedy.

“This is a tough day”, said Eric Milgram, whose two children survived the attack.

“I have respect beyond words for the personal bravery and strength of the survivors in Newtown and for the tens of thousands of others who shoulder such pain and loss each day across our nation”, Blumenthal said. They won’t even approve legislation to let us do research.

Superintendent of Schools Joseph Erardi Jr.is deterring media coverage Monday in the western CT town of 28,000 individuals.

Members of the Washington chapter are still trying to finalize which issue they plan to lobby for in Olympia next month, said Cassie Carroll, Moms Demand Action. Since launching Be SMART previous year, we’ve already partnered with the PTA and held more than 450 Be SMART educational events across the country.

Monday marks three years since the deadly shooting.

“They passed really strict gun reforms, they have not had a single mass shooting in nearly 20 years”. A top adviser to President Obama revealed last week that the president has directed his team to finalise “in short order” recommendations that will keep guns out of the wrong hands, including expanded background checks.

On Sunday, Kendall spoke in front of a group of more than 50 people who gathered in front of the Missoula County Courthouse as part of a gun-control rally.

Among the demonstrators was Barbara Parker whose 24-year old daughter Alison, a news reporter, was shot and killed on live television by a disgruntled colleague in August. “We’re here to tell elected officials and other community members, in bright orange, its a color of vitality and then color of being safe”, said group member Caroline Temple. She said the group also promotes gun safety and supports limits on where, when and how loaded guns are carried and used in public.

Before her children play at friends’ homes, she asks parents whether they own guns and tries to make sure the weapons are locked up.

The US Constitution’s Second Amendment protects the right to bear arms.