20 students and 6 adults were killed in a mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. on December 14, 2012. The shooting forced gun policy onto the docket of legislators nationwide.
The Journal-News, which covers three counties just north of New York City, publishes the names and addresses of gun owners in Westchester and Rockland Counties. The publication drew outrage and prompted New York and six other states to exempt gun permit data from public records requests.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy creates Sandy Hook Commission to make legislative recommendations on school safety, mental health, gun violence following the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Gov. John Hickenlooper says in his State of the State address that he'd be willing to consider universal background checks for gun transfers, after questioning whether stricter gun laws would have stopped the mass shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo. in July 2012.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo signs the SAFE Act to tighten the state's assault weapons ban, limit gun magazine capacity, require background checks for gun and ammunition sales, toughen penalties for illegal gun use, exempt gun permit data from public records requests.
President Barack Obama signs 23 executive orders designed to reduce gun violence. He also calls on Congress to pass universal background checks and address assault weapons.
Gov. Dennis Daugaard signs the “school sentinels” bill to allow teachers/staff/volunteers to carry guns in classrooms.
Republican Gov. Bill Haslam signed a compromise bill allowing permitted handgun owners to keep their guns stored in their cars in virtually any parking lot in the state, but left an exemption for individual businesses to make their own policies.
Gov. John Hickenlooper signs three bills limiting gun magazine size, imposing a fee for gun background checks, requiring background checks for all gun transfers.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signs a bipartisan gun control bill limiting gun magazine size, requiring background checks for all gun purchases and expanding the definition of an assault weapon.
