Seven years after Sandy Hook, the politics of guns has changed

On a Friday morning in December 2012, a gunman burst through the doors of Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., committing one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history that left 20 children and six teachers and staff dead. The Dec. 14 attack shocked the nation. At the White House, President Obama fought back tears; he said his visit to the school a few days later was the only time he had ever seen Secret Service members cry.After years of increasingly violent and deadly mass shootings, Sandy Hook had a more profound effect.ADVERTISEMENTFor decades, gun control was the third rail of American politics, one that went unchallenged even as cities like Jonesboro, Ark., Columbine, Colol, and Killeen, Texas, became synonymous with mass shootings. Politicians feared the gun lobby, led by the National Rifle Association (NRA), and some of the most ferocious opposition to gun control measures came from Democrats who represented rural communities.But the devastating legacy of Sandy Hook — and the subsequent attacks on communities from Parkland, Fla., to San Bernardino, Calif., from urban Washington to rural Texas, from a synagogue in Pittsburgh to a nightclub in Orlando, Fla. — has changed the politics of gun control. Today, advocates… Read full this story

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