Mass Shootings

Lieutenant Governor Susan Bysiewicz said the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine is a call to action for Congress and other states to pass strict gun laws similar to Connecticut.

More than 100 people have been killed in mass killings thus far in 2023, an average of one a week. The family members and friends of those lost to the violence are haunted by the question of why these attacks are still happening.

A gunman killed seven people at two agricultural businesses in Northern California, plunging the state into mourning again in the wake of its third mass killing in eight days.

A gunman killed 10 people and wounded 10 others at a Los Angeles-area ballroom dance club following a Lunar New Year celebration, setting off a manhunt for the suspect in the fifth mass killing in the U.S. this month.

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont said he welcomes the bipartisan gun safety agreement in the U.S. Senate. He said he’s glad that Senator Chris Murphy played a major role in the bipartisan agreement.

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut brokered the deal — with support from 10 Republican Senators. He said the agreement will strengthen the movement for gun violence legislation.

Among the many people dealing with the trauma of the recent shooting in Uvalde, Texas, are military veterans who live nearby.

Since the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, Connecticut school districts have been required to file annual two-page reports indicating they have conducted lockdown drills — but more than a dozen districts have failed to file the report even once.

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut spoke to Americans in a town hall with survivors and advocates against gun violence as the Senate debates gun control laws.

New York’s red flag went into effect in 2019. Since then, Suffolk County police used the gun control measure more than any other county in the state, according to an analysis by The New York Times.