Across our land. I remember the sights and sounds of parents at the firehouse in sandy hook on the horrible day in 2012 when 20 beautiful children and six great educators died. The firehouse is where parents went to find out whether their children were okay. And the way they found out was that their children either appeared or they did not. For them in the cries and sobbing they experienced, the expressions of anguish, the look on those faces was only the beginning of their nightmare. But it transformed connecticut. And what we did in connecticut was to adopt commonsense measure, comprehensive steps to stop gun violence. But the lesson of connecticut is not only that those steps have reduced gun violence including homicide but also that states with the strongest laws are still on the the in ersy of the one mercy of the ones with the weakest because guns have no respect for state boundaries. They cross state lines and they do damage and death in states like connecticut with strong guns
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Faint memory of that day when we once were relevant in basketball. Ill note you won this year at uva because of a guy from indianapolis. Lets not forget that. Amy has just published, her book is right here. The book is title em bbattled freedom. Its published by the university of North Carolina press and part of the civil war america series. Amys had a pretty good year, id day. Sit tight. It will take a while for me to tell you all the awards this important book has received. Its received the 2019 Tom Watson Brown prize from the society of civil war historians. 2019, avery craven award. The john book prize as well. Youve cleaned up. Congratulations. Its well deserved. This is a very important book. Amy is not only a terrific scholar, shes an excellent teacher. You received a Teaching Award from the university of kentucky. It is my pleasure to introduce to you, amy murrell taylor. [ applause ] oh, my goodness. That was kind. Thank you. I was thinking back to my junior year in college wh