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Sandy Hook: 26 dead, 20 children included
A gunman kills 26 people, including 20 children at an elementary school, making Sandy Hook the deadliest shooting at any school in the history of the United States. -
Vote for Gun Safety Measures Fails
Despite President Barack Obama's call to increase gun safety measures and drafted legislation to expand background checks and ban assault weapons, the vote failed with a 54 t0 46 finish in the Senate. -
Charleston, N.C: Nine dead in Church Shooting
White man kills nine black people during a Bible Study at an African Methodist Episcopal Church. No hearing or vote was held to propose action. -
San Bernardino, CA: 14 dead
Two married individuals, reported by federal officials to be a part of the Islamic State, shot automatic weapons at citizens in the Inland Regional Center. -
Vote for Bipartisan Gun Control Bill Fails
Two bills were sent to vote after the San Bernardino occurrence; one to include criminal background checks to gun purchases online, and the other to keep individuals on terrorism watch list from purchasing firearms. Both measures failed to reach a 60-40 vote. -
Pulse Nightclub: 49 dead
In Orlando, Florida, 49 people were killed when an individual stating allegiance to the Islamic State shot inside Pulse Nightclub. All four proposals to create blocks against individuals on the federal terrorism watch list from buying guns, as well as improving background check processes overall, failed. -
Las Vegas: 60 dead
A single gunman, on the 32nd floor of a hotel suite, fired down on the Las Vegas Strip, carrying out the deadliest mass shooting of modern American history. Allow a ban on "bump stocks", an additional piece of machinery allowing semiautomatic rifles to fire hundreds of rounds per minute, was proposed, this ban never received a floor vote. -
Sutherland Springs, Texas: 26 dead
Gunman was able to purchase weapons, even though he had a domestic violence conviction. He shot at individuals inside the First Baptist Church and killed 26 people. -
The Fix NICS Act is Passed
Bipartisan gun legislation making some improvement to background check processes by requiring state and federal agencies to improve reports of legal and mental health records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. -
Parkland, FL: 17 Dead
At Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, a former student killed 17 people, including 14 students. -
Parkland Survivors Speak at March for Our Lives Panel
Former students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, spoke at a March for Our Lives Panel about their personal experiences during the event, as well as details of their movement. The two urged for gun control improvements, including topics such as the waiting period to obtain a gun. -
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Sources
articles:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/08/us/politics/gun-control-timeline.html https://www.justice.gov/d9/pages/attachments/2021/01/20/fix-nics-semiannual-report.pdf https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/12/in-wake-of-san-bernardino-shooting-manchin-toomey-gun-control-bill-fails-again/450852/ images:
https://www.google.com/search?q=sandy+hook+image&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwibmOSTir39AhVfa_EDHeBMAMwQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=977&bih=796&dpr=2#imgrc=T74n9hLf2KSjMM -
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