Sen Chris Murphy, a congressman representing Newtown who had been elected to the Senate just weeks before, left his family activity and drove straight to Sandy Hook when he got word that there had been a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
that bolstered mental health programs and closed the so-called boyfriend loophole, under which unmarried people convicted of domestic abuse could still obtain weapons.For many lawmakers, the deaths of 19 young children in Uvalde was apparently a tipping point. On the day of that massacre, Murphy delivered an emotional plea to his colleagues to address gun violence.. “Days after a shooter walked into a grocery to gun down African American patrons, we have another Sandy Hook on our hands.
But before Sandy Hook, Murphy could have counted himself among lawmakers who failed to confront the issue. Murphy said it was important for the Newtown community that Congress was able to pass meaningful gun legislation before the 10th anniversary of the massacre.
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