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Co-founder and CEO of Sandy Hook Promise Foundation Mark Barden wears a &quot;Be Kind&quot; necklace during an interview with The Associated Press, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, in Newtown, Conn. Barden's son, Daniel, was among the 20 first graders and six educators killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School 10 years ago. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

A decade after Sandy Hook, grief remains but hope grows

By Dave Collins - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2012, file photo, Robert Soltis, of Newtown, Conn., pauses after making the sign of the cross at a memorial to Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims in Newtown. A memorial to the 20 first graders and six educators killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting opened to the public Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022, a month before the 10th anniversary of the massacre. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Sandy Hook memorial opens nearly 10 years after 26 killed

By Dave Collins - Associated Press

FILE - Firearms training unit Det. Barbara J. Mattson, of the Connecticut State Police, holds up a Bushmaster AR-15 rifle, the same make and model of gun used by Adam Lanza in the December 2012 Sandy Hook School shooting, during a hearing of a legislative subcommittee in Hartford, Conn., on Jan. 28, 2013. Citing a U.S. Supreme Court decision earlier this year, gun rights groups and firearms owners filed a new lawsuit Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, in federal court in another attempt to overturn Connecticut's ban on certain semiautomatic rifles that was enacted in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

Gun owners, rights groups challenge Connecticut firearms ban

By Dave Collins - Associated Press

While families of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting look on, attorney Josh Koskoff speaks during a news conference in Trumbull, Conn., Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. After agreeing to a $73 million lawsuit settlement with gun-maker Remington, the families of nine Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims say they are shifting their focus to ending firearms advertising. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) **FILE**

After $73M win, Sandy Hook families zero in on gun marketing

By Dave Collins - Associated Press

FILE — In this March 28, 2013, file photo, supporters for gun rights gather outside the National Shooting Sports Foundation headquarters in Newtown, Conn. Less than two weeks before the eighth anniversary of the Newtown school shooting, the local governing board has rejected on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, proposed bans on carrying of firearms around town requested by gun control activists who said they were intimidated at protests by armed Second Amendment supporters. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

Newtown board blocks proposed gun-carrying restrictions

By DAVE COLLINS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2019, file image taken from video released by National Transportation Safety Board, the wreckage of a World War II-era B-17 bomber plane that crashed Wednesday remains on the tarmac at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Conn. The plane crashed and burned after experiencing mechanical trouble on takeoff. (NTSB via AP, FILE)

B-17 crash, missing mom among top Connecticut news in 2019

By MICHAEL MELIA - Associated Press

Newtown's Riley Ward (13) reacts and looks back at his teammates after scoring the winning touchdown as the Newtown Nighthawks beat the Darien Blue Wave in the final play of the Class LL state football championship at Trumbull High School Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019, in Trumbull, Conn. Newtown won 13-7. Newtown marked the seventh anniversary of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School with vigils, church services and a moment of joy when the community's high school football team, with a shooting victim's brother as linebacker, won the state championship Saturday in a last-minute thrill. (Kassi Jackson/Hartford Courant via AP)

Newtown celebrates football title, but continues to grieve

By PAT EATON-ROBB - Associated Press

In this Dec. 3, 2019, photo, Mark Barden and his daughter Natalie Barden hold a photograph of Natalie's late brother, Daniel, at their home in Newtown, Conn. Daniel died in the Dec. 14, 2012, Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that killed 20 first-graders and six educators. Natalie, 17, is among Newtown students who have grown up to become young voices in the gun violence prevention movement. (AP Photo/Dave Collins)

Football championship dilutes grief on Newtown anniversary

Associated Press

Audit report: Thousands in Sandy Hook funds went missing

Associated Press

In this Dec. 14, 2012, aerial file photo, officials stand outside of Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where gunman Adam Lanza opened fire inside school killing 20 first-graders and six educators at the school. A Connecticut appeals court is scheduled to hear arguments on Wednesday, April 17, 2019, on whether parents of some of the shooting victims can sue the town for school officials' alleged failure to follow security protocols once the shooting began. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

Appeal focuses on Newtown officials’ actions before Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting

By Dave Collins - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2013, file photo, firearms training unit Detective Barbara J. Mattson, of the Connecticut State Police, holds a Bushmaster AR-15 rifle, the same make and model used by Adam Lanza in the 2012 Sandy Hook School shooting, during a hearing at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford, Conn. A divided Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that gun maker Remington can be sued over how it marketed the Bushmaster rifle used in the massacre. In court documents filed Friday, April 5, 2019, Remington notified the Connecticut Supreme Court of its plans to pursue an appeal with the Supreme Court of the United States. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

Gun-maker to ask Supreme Court to hear Sandy Hook appeal

By DAVE COLLINS - Associated Press

In this Jan. 15, 2013, file photo, Remington rifle cartridges are displayed at the 35th annual SHOT Show in Las Vegas. On March 14, 2019, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that a lawsuit by families of Sandy Hook school massacre victims against the gun maker can proceed. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

Court rules Sandy Hook lawsuit against Remington can proceed

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Walt Disney joins Sandy Hook-inspired school social program

Associated Press

In this July 29, 2016, file photo, people attend an open house at the new Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., built to replace the one that was demolished where 20 first-graders and six educators were shot and killed in on Dec. 14, 2012. The school was evacuated on Friday, Dec. 14, 2018 -- the sixth anniversary of the mass shooting -- after a bomb threat to the school. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Sandy Hook Elementary School receives threat on shooting anniversary

Associated Press

Sandy Hook shooting becomes focus in governor race

By SUSAN HAIGH - Associated Press

This December 2012 photo released by the Connecticut State Police on Friday, Dec. 27, 2013, shows a scene at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. (AP Photo/Connecticut State Police)

Sandy Hook parents lose lawsuit against Newtown, school district

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018 photo, Michelle Porter prepares her kindergarten classroom in McGregor, Texas. Porter was a senior at Columbine High School when two students killed 13 others in 1999. Now into her second year as a teacher at McGregor Primary School, when Porter sees headlines about school shootings, she tries not to think about the possibility of facing a similar situation again. (Jerry Larson/Waco Tribune Herald, via AP)

Columbine survivor now Texas teacher, talks of armed staff

By SHELLY CONLON - Associated Press

School Safety Program Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

How liberals use the latest school shooting to demonize gun ownership

By David Keene - The Washington Times

Lane Murdock, a sophomore at Ridgefield High School, speaks to reporters at the Connecticut Legislative Office Building Friday, Feb. 23, 2018, in Hartford, Conn., about her efforts to organize a national high school walkout to demand an end to gun violence. A trio of Connecticut high schoolers, led by Murdock, a 15-year-old student who was inspired to act after the recent Florida school shooting, is working to organize a national school walkout to demand an end to gun violence.(AP Photo/Susan Haigh)

Connecticut students organizing national walkout about guns

By SUSAN HAIGH - Associated Press

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Texas Department of Public Safety shows Devin Patrick Kelley. Records released Friday Feb. 16, 2018 detail a June 2013 investigation of allegations against Kelley, four years before the November 2017 mass shooting at a tiny church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. Sheriff's deputies didn't pursue a sexual assault investigation against Kelly who shot and killed 26 people at the Texas church, even though the woman reporting it signed a complaint detailing the alleged attack. (Texas Department of Public Safety via AP, File)

Mass shooters use loopholes, lapses in checks to get guns

By MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press