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'''Newtown''', Connecticut, is a wealthy small town where 26 people were massacred on 14 December 2012 by 20-year-old Adam Lanza, a [[video game]] player. 20 of the victims were young children, gunned down at Sandy Hook Elementary School where Lanza's mother volunteered. The massacre was used by [[liberal]]s to push for [[gun control]].
'''Newtown''', Connecticut, is a wealthy small town where 26 people were massacred on December 14, 2012, by 20-year-old Adam Lanza, a [[video game]] player. 20 of the victims were young children, gunned down at Sandy Hook Elementary School where Lanza's mother volunteered. The massacre was used by [[liberal]]s to push for [[gun control]].
U.S. Senator from [[West Virginia]] [[Joe Manchin]] supported legislation to establish universal background checks across the nation. He pushed it immediately after the Sandy Hook massacre, even though even he admitted that the legislation would not have stopped the massacre, considering the shooter stole the weapons he used.<ref name="Hawkins">Hawkins, Awr (April 21, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/04/21/joe-manchin-trump-fortitude-make-senate-pass-gun-control/ Joe Manchin: Trump Has the ‘Fortitude’ to Make Senate Pass Gun Control]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 22, 2017.</ref> Background checks have been shown to be ineffective in preventing other shootings as well.<ref name="Hawkins"/>
U.S. Senator from [[West Virginia]] [[Joe Manchin]] supported legislation to establish universal background checks across the nation. He pushed it immediately after the Sandy Hook massacre, even though even he admitted that the legislation would not have stopped the massacre, considering the shooter stole the weapons he used.<ref name="Hawkins">Hawkins, Awr (April 21, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/04/21/joe-manchin-trump-fortitude-make-senate-pass-gun-control/ Joe Manchin: Trump Has the ‘Fortitude’ to Make Senate Pass Gun Control]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 22, 2017.</ref> Background checks have been shown to be ineffective in preventing other shootings as well.<ref name="Hawkins"/>