Rocky Adkins D-Sandy Hook, addresses the media following the Democratic caucus voting him to be the Minority Leader of the Kentucky House of Representatives, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017, in Frankfort, Ky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
** FILE ** In this Dec. 15, 2012, file photo, shop owner Tamara Doherty paces outside her store just down the road from Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
FILE - Gun sales spiked after Sandy Hook and as Congress and a number of states debated whether to impose more restrictions on firearms purchases. Congress stalemated, but some states moved forward.. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)