Unbearable: Sandy Hook 10 years later

On December 14, 2012, twenty children and six adults were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. The shooter was 20 years old. His weapon of choice: an assault rifle. The horror of that day — an elementary school, twenty children — shocked a country that had grown increasingly numb to mass shootings since the 1999 massacre at Columbine. Then-President Barack Obama and other gun control advocates pledged that this time, things would change. Efforts to ban assault rifles ultimately failed. In the years that followed, the survivors and families of Sandy Hook victims worked to make meaning of their loss. Through Sandy Hook Promise, they have pushed for stricter controls on assault-style weapons and trained children across the country to recognize the warning signs of a potential shooter before it's too late. A decade later, the frequency of mass shootings has only increased. 2022 was the third consecutive year in which the U.S. recorded over 600 mass shootings, more than one per day, according to the Gun Violence Archive. In November alone, two mass shootings occurred within three days of each other, followed by yet another targeting students at the University of Virginia. Meanwhile, the landscape of gun ownership in America keeps shifting. More Americans own guns than ever before, including women and minorities. And the rise of 3D-printed firearms, weapons anyone can now produce at home, is adding a new and troubling layer of complexity to an already fractured debate. Ten years after Sandy Hook, the grief is still unbearable. And the answers feel as elusive as ever. Watch the full-length documentary at cgtnnow.com. Watch CGTN LIVE on your computer, tablet or mobile https://www.cgtnnow.com/featured/even... Subscribe to CGTN America on YouTube Follow CGTN America: Twitter: @cgtnamerica Facebook: @cgtnamerica Instagram: @cgtnamerica TikTok: @cgtnamerica This material is distributed by MediaLinks TV, LLC on behalf of CCTV. Additional information is available at the Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.