Jul 30 Nearly four years after massacre, Sandy Hook builds new school By Omar Etman Three and a half years after a shooter opened fire inside Sandy Hook Elementary School, killing 20 students and six staff members, a new school building with heightened security will welcome students back. Continue reading
May 05 Oregon passes bill that expands background checks for gun sales By Sheila V Kumar, Associated Press SALEM, Ore. — An Oregon bill expanding background checks to encompass nearly all gun sales in the state made it through the Legislature on Monday, overcoming obstacles that stymied two previous attempts to pass similar laws. Continue reading
Dec 14 Poll: Would you support more restrictive gun laws in your state? By News Desk In April of 2013 Gov. Malloy signed into Connecticut law some of the most restrictive gun policies in the country. Would you support similar regulations on guns in your state? Take NewsHour Weekend's poll and sound off. Continue reading
Dec 14 Watch 10:36 Two years after Sandy Hook, how have gun laws changed? By PBS News Hour In the two years since the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the state of Connecticut adopted some of the most restrictive gun policies in the country, including a controversial law enacted last year to keep weapons out of the… Continue watching
Feb 27 Watch Examining the Political Push for Tighter Gun Laws, Assault Weapons Ban Examining the Political Push for Tighter Gun Laws, Assault Weapons Ban… Continue watching
Feb 18 Watch Colorado Communities Grapple With How to Address Gun Violence Colorado Communities Grapple With How to Address Gun Violence… Continue watching
Dec 19 Watch President Obama Declares Gun Control Will Be a ‘Central Issue’ of Second Term President Obama Declares Gun Control Will Be a 'Central Issue' of Second Term… Continue watching
Dec 18 Watch Gun Rights Supporter Sen. Mark Warner Says Tighter Firearms Laws Needed Gun Rights Supporter Sen. Mark Warner Says Tighter Firearms Laws Needed… Continue watching
Dec 17 Watch Honoring the Sandy Hook Shooting Victims In a special honor roll, we remember the 27 victims -- 20 children and seven adults -- of the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn. Continue watching
Dec 17 Newtown Mourns the Lives Lost By Colleen Shalby The Newtown community mourns those whose lives were cut short. Friday's mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary took the lives including 20 children and 6 adults. Continue reading