NEWTOWN, Conn.—A local group that has worked with families who lost relatives in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting last year says the recall of two Colorado lawmakers who supported tougher gun laws does not diminish public support for such measures.
Two Democrats—Senate President John Morse and Sen. Angela Giron—were kicked out of office after backing tighter gun laws after the 2012 mass shootings in Aurora, Colo., and the Connecticut school in Newtown. Both voted for 15-round limits on ammunition magazines and for expanded background checks on private gun sales.
“Yesterday’s vote does nothing to alter Colorado’s newly strengthened gun laws or diminish the broad public support for common sense gun safety and responsibility,” Sandy Hook Promise said Wednesday. “The fact remains that an overwhelming majority of Americans, including a large majority of gun owners, support common sense measures to keep guns away from convicted criminals.”
The National Rifle Association says the recall sent a clear message to lawmakers that they should protect gun rights.
Sandy Hook Promise, a nonprofit, said it would like to see a renewed national dialogue around issues of mental health, school safety and gun responsibility that respects Second Amendment rights.
Twenty children and six educators were killed Dec. 14 at Sandy Hook. Adam Lanza killed his mother at their home, then assaulted the school before killing himself.
