“The rest of us are going to have to be just as passionate and organized in our defense of our kids”.
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The Gun Violence Archive, formed in 2013, says there have been 317 mass shootings in the United States in 2015, and a total of 12,621 deaths as a result of gun violence in the same period.
To honor the victims of fatal shootings, a group called Protect Minnesota, which works to end gun violence, hosted the bell ringing ceremony on Lake Ave. and Superior St.in Duluth.
State and US flags across CT were flying at half-staff Monday to honor the memory of the 20 children and six school staffers fatally shot at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown three years ago.
And he asked: “Three years on, how do we tell them that their Congress hasn’t done anything to prevent what happened to them from happening to other families?” “I know we can”.
The Mass Shooting Tracker is a crowdsourced Reddit database sourced largely from media reports listing every incident in the USA in which four people have been wounded or killed by gunfire.
Mr Obama is finalising a proposal which would expand background checks on gun sales, including at gun fairs, without the need for congressional approval.
She says she’s exhausted of hearing politicians say their thoughts and prayers are with the victims and survivors after each shooting occurs: “Thank you very much, but prayers and platitudes don’t cut it, and they haven’t for a very long time…”
The Release the Fear sculpture, designed and created by artist Robert Miley, is made from four tons of melted-down weapons that were used in violent acts. I believe that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms.
“We really don’t know what the reaction in the schools will be”.
The teachers are emotional as they relive the horror of that day. Clements said. “As I opened the door, someone said, ‘Mrs”.
Longdon, like Hills, and many other speakers at the vigil, has devoted her life to stopping gun violence through awareness, education, and public policy.
“It’s unfathomable to think that someone cannot get on an airplane because they are on a terrorist list the Federal Bureau of Investigation carries, and then they can go purchase a firearm”, he said.
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In wake of the anniversary, a teacher at Notre Dame Catholic High School in Fairfield, Connecticut gave her class a special assignment.
