US EditionSunday Marks 13 Years Since Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting
Connecticut's 2013 gun reforms added 100+ firearms to the assault weapons ban and created the first dangerous weapon offender registry, leading to the state's low gun death rate.
- On the 13th anniversary, Connecticut officials marked the day, with Gov. Ned Lamont directing flags be flown at half-mast and offering condolences for the victims of Sandy Hook Elementary School, Newtown, Connecticut.
- A 2014 Connecticut Office of the Child Advocate report described Adam Lanza as having deteriorating mental health and a fascination with mass shootings, and authorities say he killed Nancy Lanza before attacking the school with a semiautomatic rifle.
- In April 2013 the Connecticut General Assembly added more than 100 firearms to the assault-weapons ban and changed ammunition eligibility rules.
- Sandy Hook Promise responded by posting a brief statement, with Smiley noting `this is not something we should have to train for` during a Dec. 13, 2025, press conference.
- Calls to reduce gun violence continued as advocates and officials urged support for teachers and highlighted the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline for help.
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On Sandy Hook Anniversary, Newtown Action Alliance Decries Two More Mass Shootings
“Thirteen years ago today, my neighbor used an AR-15 to hunt and murder 26 children and educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Since then, more than 1.3 million Americans have been shot and wounded or killed, and more than half a million people have lost their lives to gun violence,” NAA Chairwoman Po Murray said.
Sandy Hook, Lessons Never Learned, The Mass Killings Go On
Sandy Hook, Lessons Never Learned, The Mass Killings Go On Republished with permission from AbleChild. [Remembering Sandy Hook, thirteen years ago today on December 14, 2012.] In the aftermath of the Sandy Hook mass shooting, a full-frontal attack on the Second Amendment occurred and new law enforcement data collection systems were instituted with the intention of combating mass murders in the future. To say these measures failed is an understa…
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