9 Years Later, Nothing Changed Since Sandy Hook!

Congress has not changed the game. Gun violence continues to plague our country.

 

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Barack Obama won his election in 2012. His second term unofficially started. In the final weeks of his first term, Obama was dealt one of the worse mass Shootings in modern history. The mass shooting at Newtown, Connecticut.

A white terrorist murdered 20 children and 6 school wokers at the Sandy Hook Elementary School. 

He managed to get a high powered weapon from his mother. He managed to shoot her dead and then went directly to the school with a Bushmaster XM15-E2S. He brought fourth the fourth-deadliest mass shooting in the United States.

The shooting prompt strong debate on gun violence.

The House of Representatives passed their measures through a mostly Democratic vote. But when it came to the Senate, it died. It died because of Republicans and conservative agitators who stood firm in this ridiculous notion that the "Second Amendment" is a "god given right."

President Joe Biden marks 9 years since Sandy Hook shooting with renewed call for tougher gun laws

"Twenty precious first graders, six heroic educators, a lone gunman. In an unconscionable act of violence, everything changed that morning for you, and the nation was shocked," Biden said in a video released Tuesday.

The President said it was "one of the saddest days" of the Obama administration.

"We came close to legislation, but we came up short," Biden said of the push to enact stricter gun laws in the immediate aftermath of the shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.

He continued: "It was so darn frustrating, and it's still frustrating now for you and me and so many others in Parkland, Florida; and Oxford, Michigan; and communities across the country -- these horrific shootings make national headlines and embarrass us as a nation."

The President called on the Senate to pass three bills -- one on background checks, one aimed at keeping guns out of the hands of abusers and the Build Back Better Act, which includes programs for community violence intervention.

"We owe all of these families more than our prayers. We owe them action," Biden said of those affected by gun violence.

Earlier this year, Biden unveiled a set of executive actions aimed at taking certain guns out of the hands of criminals and pouring resources into community violence prevention.

These actions included expanding background checks for certain types of guns, regulating stabilizing braces built for pistols, restricting weapons known as "ghost guns" that can be built using parts and instructions purchased online, making new investments in intervention programs for violence-prone communities and creating model "red flag" legislation for states to pass.

But the limited scope of the President's actions underscores the challenge he faces in getting legislation passed on guns in an evenly split and starkly divided United States Senate.

"Certainly, none of the executive actions alone are enough to fully solve this problem, which is why the President is calling on Congress to act," a senior White House official told reporters Tuesday.

We can only hope this time we can get something done.