After Sandy Hook,gun reform collapsed in Congress. nowadays, the momentum is with young activists: ‘These kids are the ones we’ve been waiting forHours after a gunman shot and killed 20 children and six educators at the Sandy Hook elementary school, or Barack Obama was visibly struggling with how he would respond to the unspeakable tragedy while huddling with his aides inside the Oval Office.
It was 14 December 2012,the day Obama would later deem the most difficult of his presidency. And although he had largely avoided invoking the issue of guns while addressing the nation on mass shootings before, this time was different – and the president wished to make it known.
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Source: guardian.co.uk