Democrats Remember Sandy Hook Shooting and Renew Calls for Gun Reform [View all]

Source: Newsweek

Dec 14, 2025 at 04:32 PM EST


As many remember the tragic 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, in which a shooter killed 20 children and six adults on scene, as well as himself and his mother, Democrats are renewing calls for gun reform.

The posts come amid news of two horrific mass shootings this weekend, one at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, where two people died and another at a Hannukah celebration in Sydney that killed 16 people, and dozens more injured.

Why It Matters

On December 14, 2012, Adam Lanza shot and killed 26 people in the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, marking the deadliest mass shooting at a U.S. elementary school, while the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, in 2022 is the second deadliest to date.

The Sandy Hook shooting sparked debates about gun control, with significant focus on the AR-15 rifle that had been used, and questions over the need for semi-automatic rifles to be legally available. Some Democrats have pushed for tighter gun laws, while many Republicans oppose new restrictions and emphasize that gun ownership is protected by the Second Amendment.

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