Items Tagged with 'Sandy Hook'

A new video from the group Sandy Hook Promise shows school kids dealing with the threat of gun violence in everyday life.

A study estimates that the 3 million guns sold in the several months after Sandy Hook caused about 60 more accidental gun deaths than would have occurred otherwise.

Nearly half the school districts in Connecticut are allegedly violating at least some aspect of a law requiring them to submit school security information.

The Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks were such a unifying event for modern Americans, and nothing else has come close to being as important or as memorable, according to a new survey conducted by Pew Research Center.

Gun violence is preventable if you know the signs, but can be easy to miss if you don’t know what to look for.

A growing number of children have expressed fears about safety at their schools, particularly in public schools.

Families of children killed at the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut have filed lawsuits against the estate of the shooter's mother.

Families of two of the 20 first-graders killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting are suing the town of Newtown, Conn., and its board of education, for inadequate school security. 

A Florida House committee has approved a bill that would allow trained officials to carry weapons in schools.

Mass shootings have remained stagnant over 34 years, averaging 20 a year and are not fueld by media attention, says a crime study.