murder, mass shootings in america have nearly tripled, according to the nonprofit gun violence archive. we ve seen people gunned down at grocery stores, in nightclubs, and even in other elementary school in uvalde, texas. we have watched republican lawmakers in the very same state not just failed to act, but make it easier to obtain a weapon in this country. all that as the conservative majority on the supreme court has blunted the ability of states like new york to pass their own gun safety provisions. but this decade since the newtown tragedy has also brought some cause for optimism. the right-wing provocateur alex jones, who spread conspiracy theories about the sandy hook
at grocery stores, in nightclubs, and even in other elementary school in uvalde, texas. we have watched republican lawmakers in the very same state not just failed to act, but make it easier to obtain a weapon in this country. all that as the conservative majority on the supreme court has blunted the ability of states like new york to pass their own gun safety provisions. but this decade since the newtown tragedy has also brought some cause for optimism. the right-wing provocateur alex jones, who spread conspiracy theories about the sandy hook shooting being a hoax, he is being ordered by a judge to pay over one billion dollars to the families of those victims as part of a defamation lawsuit. the once powerful nra has been hobbled by a lawsuit in new york state and by its own financial mismanagement. and this summer, president biden signed into law the first bipartisan gun safety legislation in decades. so the ten years since the horrific events at sandy hook have been punctuated by mo
after the newtown tragedy. what do you remember back and what might you tell those in roseburg? well, as you can imagine we were completely heart broken and shocked, but we had a group of residents that wanted to take action and we immediately gathered at the local library with friends and neighbors who wanted to honor with action the lives lost and, you know, take any steps that we could to try to change the gun laws in this nation to prevent other tragedies. you remember the stories of the heroes after the newtown tragedy and they came out day after day after day and the one that residents on the sunday that we re learning more about is how a young 20-year-old shielded the daughter of someone who spoke out today and basically what she told her dad is i think he saved my life because he put his bleeding body
ronald reagan. the power of the national rifle association is such in washington that lawmakers run in fear of the gun lobby. they dare not cross the gun lobby because they just in the next political cycle. that has been the calculus on the democratic party side, but things seem to be changing. carol, i think it s quite striking. you know, when you go through these incidents and look at the cumulative effect, the president has had to come out and speak on this some 15 time. every time he comes out, you know, he gets more and more strident on this issue. he called for a vote. remember, back after the newtown tragedy, he called for a vote in congress. and gabby giffords, who was almost assassinated, the former congresswoman was sitting there in the gallery. and it just seems the more this piles up in the nation s
deliver a message to congress. i miss my friends who were killed on december 14th. i honor their memories with action. congress, please keep me and all children safe. pass universal background checks to keep guns away from dangerous people. dave, reporter from the hartford current who has covered the newtown tragedy since the beginning joining me now. dave, with a welcome to you. we all heard an 8-year-old girl remembering her murdered classmates. a stunning reminder of how deeply these shootings have impacted that community. give me your impressions on the people of newtown today. hey, alex, how are you? still healing, i think i would say. you know, it s two years out, but i think it s still a raw, fresh thing that people are dealing with. and things have been happening that keep, you know, keep it coming up, for example, the town just was given adam lanza s