NEWTOWN, Conn. — Chris Murphy was with his wife and two young children on Dec. 14, 2012, waiting for a train to New York City to see the Christmas decorations, 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.
“Why do you spend all this time running for the United States Senate?” Murphy said. “Why do you go through all the hassle of getting this job if your answer is that as this slaughter increases, as our kids run for their lives, we do nothing.” “I had not worked on the issue of gun violence prior to Dec. 14, 2012,” Murphy said. “I'm deeply embarrassed by that. I should have been working on this issue.”
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