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Gun owners, rights groups challenge Connecticut firearms ban
Read full article: Gun owners, rights groups challenge Connecticut firearms banGun rights groups and firearms owners have launched another attempt to overturn Connecticutโs ban on certain semiautomatic rifles that was enacted in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
Raised with trauma, Sandy Hook survivors send hope to Uvalde
Read full article: Raised with trauma, Sandy Hook survivors send hope to UvaldeThe survivors who were able to walk out of Sandy Hook Elementary school nearly a decade ago want to share a message of hope with the children of Uvalde, Texas: You will learn how to live with your trauma, pain and grief.
As US mourns shootings, NRA in turmoil but influence remains
Read full article: As US mourns shootings, NRA in turmoil but influence remainsNearly 10 years ago, the mass shooting of children at Sandy Hook Elementary School looked like it might lead to a breakthrough in the political stalemate on guns in the United States.
Mass shooters exploited gun laws, loopholes before carnage
Read full article: Mass shooters exploited gun laws, loopholes before carnageThe suspects in the shootings at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school and a Buffalo, New York, supermarket were both just 18 when authorities say they bought the weapons used in the attacks.
22 mass shootings. 374 dead. Here's where the guns came from
Read full article: 22 mass shootings. 374 dead. Here's where the guns came fromThe suspects in the shootings at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school and a Buffalo, New York, supermarket were both just 18 when authorities say they bought the weapons used in the attacks.
Alex Jones faces fines for skipping Sandy Hook deposition
Read full article: Alex Jones faces fines for skipping Sandy Hook depositionA Connecticut judge says Infowars host Alex Jones will be fined $25,000 to $50,000 per weekday until he appears for a deposition in a lawsuit brought by relatives of some victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
After $73M win, Sandy Hook families zero in on gun marketing
Read full article: After $73M win, Sandy Hook families zero in on gun marketingThe $73 million settlement that some of the Sandy Hook shooting victims' families won against Remington is not the end of their efforts to hold the gun industry accountable.
Sandy Hook families settle for $73M with gun maker Remington
Read full article: Sandy Hook families settle for $73M with gun maker RemingtonThe families of nine victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting have agreed to a $73 million settlement of a lawsuit against the maker of the rifle used to kill 20 first graders and six educators in 2012.
Alex Jones loses lawsuits over Sandy Hook 'hoax' conspiracy
Read full article: Alex Jones loses lawsuits over Sandy Hook 'hoax' conspiracyA Texas judge has found Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones liable for damages in three defamation lawsuits related to his claims that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax.
Gun maker offers $33M to settle suit by Sandy Hook families
Read full article: Gun maker offers $33M to settle suit by Sandy Hook familiesThe maker of the rifle used in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting has offered some of the victimsโ families nearly $33 million to settle their lawsuit over how the company marketed the firearm to the public.
Sandy Hook lawsuit could force Remington to open books
Read full article: Sandy Hook lawsuit could force Remington to open booksThe U.S. Supreme Court recently rejected efforts by gunmaker Remington to quash the lawsuit, allowing it to continue to be heard in Connecticut courts. The court this week allowed families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre to sue the maker of the AR-15 used in the attack. The law backed by the National Rifle Association gave broad immunity to the gun industry. The chances of the plaintiffs ultimately succeeding in this case are slim a sentiment shared by the Connecticut Supreme Court, which said they face a Herculean task to prevail. Lanzas mother purchased the Bushmaster AR-platform rifle in 2010 from a Connecticut gun shop.
Top 10 deadliest mass shootings in modern US history
Read full article: Top 10 deadliest mass shootings in modern US history(Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)The world received news Saturday of a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. Less than a day later, another mass shooting happened in a popular Dayton, Ohio, neighborhood. The shooting in El Paso has now become one of the top 10 deadliest shootings in modern U.S. history. The deadliest mass shooting took place on Oct. 1, 2017, in Las Vegas, Nevada, when Stephen Paddock, 64, opened fire on a crowd of 22,000 concertgoers from the 32nd floor of Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. It is the fourth deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history.
4 of 10 deadliest modern US mass shootings in Texas
Read full article: 4 of 10 deadliest modern US mass shootings in TexasOf the 10 deadliest shootings in modern US history, four have taken place in Texas. READ: A spotlight on Texas gun lawsBelow is a list of the 10 deadliest single-day mass shootings in modern US history. It is the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history. It is the deadliest mass shooting in Texas history. Whitman killed his mother and wife earlier in the day.