3 years after Newtown, Obama lambasts inaction on guns

Manifested through acts big and small, like donating food and blankets to the homeless, it’s been an annual tradition at Notre Dame these past three years.

Since the Sandy Hook mass shooting, “tens of thousands” of Americans have been “mowed down” by gun violence, the president said.

Flags are flying at half-staff across CT in honor of the 26 people killed three years ago in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.

As part of their ongoing fight, a handful of Newton parents have testified before CT state leaders to express their distress and the urgent need for gun reform. He says state spending on mental health went up the first two years after Sandy Hook. “We’ve got to address guns”.

We see all these mass shootings and nothing ever happens. As of Monday, the White House had no details as to whether an announcement would come this week to coincide with the anniversary of the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut.

Since gunman Adam Lanza opened fire on the school on this day in 2012, 554 children have died of gun crime in the United States, according to an NBC investigation. “The rest of us are going to have to be just as passionate and organized in our defense of our kids”.

“Choosing love is not something that is an afterthought, it really is a conscious choice that we try to make every day”, said Rev. Matt Crebbin, the church’s senior minister. She has since co-founded Americans for Responsible Solutions, “engaging millions of people about ways to reduce gun violence and supporting lawmakers willing to take a stand for responsible policies”. “We recall with awe those courageous educators, who tried to protect them, and perished in the effort”, he added. According to the Gun Violence Archive, children below the age of 12 have been involved in at least 658 shooting incidents so far this year. “People said this time would be different”, said former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-Ariz.), who was injured during another mass shooting.

Proponent of gun-rights, including the NRA, argue that restrictions on gun purchases would not improve public safety and have been resistant to adopting additional background checks or other restrictions that they say undermine the rights granted under the Second Amendment of the US Constitution. “And we never stop searching for answers”.