Sentences with phrase «elementary school shooting»

It was abandoned by some of its investors after one of its Bushmaster rifles was used in the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting in Connecticut in 2012 that killed 20 children and six adults.

The decision to not hear the case came after a lower court upheld the constitutionality of the provision in the law, which was approved in the wake of the Connecticut elementary school shooting in late 2012.

Nicole Hockley, whose six - year - old son was killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school shooting, took the microphone and told Trump she would rather arm teachers with ways to prevent shootings in the first place rather than with a firearm.

Today, New York is expected to become the first state to enact major gun control policy following last month's tragic elementary school shooting in Connecticut.

The senator from West Virginia said Thursday morning the NRA is using «paranoia» to keep lawmakers from making big moves on gun control, following the Newtown elementary school shooting in December that left 20 children and six adults dead.

Newtown focuses on the harrowing accounts of the survivors and families affected by the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting.

Nearly five years ago, Cuomo pushed through a signature gun control package in the wake of a Connecticut elementary school shooting.

After the elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn. in 2012, several lawmakers called for government research into the connection between virtual and real - world violence.

A Democratic - controlled Congress back in 2010 didn't have the political capital to pass gun laws (some Democrats have since said that was a mistake), and Congress failed to expand background checks in 2013 after the 2012 Newtown, Conn., elementary school shooting.

The SAFE Act, a package of gun control provisions was passed in the Legislature about a month after the elementary school shooting that killed 26 people, including 20 students.

The package, which included measures aimed at illegal weapons as well as expanding penalties for those who kill first responders, was approved in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., elementary school shooting that left 19 people dead.

Cuomo pointed to his push for the SAFE Act, a controversial gun control that was approved in the wake of an elementary school shooting in Connecticut.

It is confirmed Mark Barden, the father of a 7 - year - old boy killed at the elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., will speak Wednesday afternoon about how gun control should not be a partisan issue.

The measure is a signature one for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who pushed the package of laws through the Legislature in the wake of the Connecticut elementary school shooting.

It's also the first gun control measure to be approved in Albany since the SAFE Act in 2013, a package of gun control provisions pushed through the Legislature in the wake of an elementary school shooting in December the prior month.

Any effort to repeal the 2013 gun control law passed in the wake of the Connecticut elementary school shooting would require agreement from the state Legislature and, even if Republican Rob Astorino defeats Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo next month, the Assembly would likely still be led by Democrats.

Cuomo in 2013 pushed through the passage a package of gun control laws known as the SAFE Act, approved in the weeks after an elementary school shooting in Connecticut.

National UFT President Randi Weingarten said the comparison in the wake of the Newtown elementary school shootings is disgusting.

UPPER MANHATTAN — A week after the elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., left 27 dead, uptown campaigners are showing their support for an end to gun violence at nightly vigils.

In response, her new installation in Gallery Aferro's Project Room fuses wallpaper patterns, home decoration, and sewing projects with the current events that most unsettled her, including international women's rights issues, the Boston Marathon bombing, and the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting.

Nicole Hockley, whose six - year - old son was killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school shooting, took the microphone and told Trump she would rather arm teachers with ways to prevent shootings in the first place rather than with a firearm.