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Panel aims to prevent another Sandy Hook

By Michele Richinick

The Sandy Hook Advisory Committee delivered its final report to Gov. Dannel Malloy on Friday with 94 recommendations on how to prevent another mass shooting like that of the 2012 massacre in Newtown, Connecticut. The 277-page report focused on three areas: safe school design and operation; law enforcement, public safety, and emergency response;...

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A pedestrian walks by a Panera Bread restaurant on June 3, 2014 in San Francisco, California.

Panera serves up gun reform

'Bad Apple' campaign targets gun dealers

Inside A Kroger Store Ahead Of Earnings Figures

Gun control group goes after grocery chain

Business Leaders Speak At New York Ideas Event

Giffords' gun group targets candidate

Police wait to advance after tear gas was used to disperse a crowd, Aug. 17, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo.

Why demilitarizing the police isn't enough

A young person runs by the Last Stop outdoor shooting range Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014, in White Hills, Ariz. Gun range instructor Charles Vacca was accidentally killed Monday, Aug. 25, 2014 at the range by a 9-year-old with an Uzi submachine gun.

Automatic weapons are not child's play

An UZI Pistol Model B — Rachel Maddow

Uzi accident sparks debate about children...

A twelve year old boy visits the Bushmaster booth during Family Day at the NRA convention at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, April, 2014. — The Last Word

NRA's ill-timed tweet on kids at gun ranges

Bill and Melinda Gates attend the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 10, 2014 in Sun Valley, Idaho.

Billionaires hop on gun reform bandwagon

Melissa Harris-Perry

Ferguson is not a metaphor, Joe Klein

People attend a rally against police violence on Aug. 23, 2014, in the Staten Island borough of New York, N.Y.

Peace and protest at Eric Garner march

People protest the death of Michael Brown on Aug. 18, 2014 in Ferguson Mo., for Michael Brown, who was killed by a police officer Aug. 9 in Ferguson, Mo.

Two key facts still unknown in Brown's death

Ferguson shooting and unrest resonate in Atlanta-area demonstration — Melissa Harris-Perry

On Latino solidarity with Ferguson

Gun control activists demonstrate outside of the Capitol in Washington D.C., March 11, 2014.

Pro-gun movement reaches new low

August 19, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. — PoliticsNation

'Turning point' in Ferguson

Sybrina Fulton of Miami, Fla., mother of Trayvon Martin, testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on "Stand Your Ground" laws October 29, 2013 in Washington, DC. — The Last Word

Trayvon's mom pens letter to Brown family

Demonstrators protest Michael Brown's murder with their hands in the air August 17, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri.

Mistrust in Ferguson developed over years

A woman exits a Kroger supermarket in Detroit.

Moms take gun issue to America's food aisles

Melissa Harris-Perry

How Dred Scott relates to Michael Brown

Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson speaks during a press conference, Aug. 15, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo.

Police: Michael Brown was blocking traffic

The Last Word

New eyewitness speaks out

Is the police reaction in Ferguson justified?

Protests Erupt After Police Shoot Teen In St. Louis — PoliticsNation

Cops tear-gas protesters, arrest reporters

Police officers equipped in riot gear line up during a protest of the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown outside Ferguson Police Department Headquarters August 11, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. — Rachel Maddow

Ferguson grapples with more violence

Demonstrators protest the killing of teenager Michael Brown on August 12, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri.

Civil rights investigation launched

Deval Patrick

Rising Democrat signs sweeping new gun bill

With their hands raised, residents gather at a police line as the neighborhood is locked down following skirmishes on Aug. 11, 2014 in Ferguson, Mo. — The Last Word

'They’re making a mockery of our community'

A Douglas County Sheriff's Deputy helps students to board a bus after a school shooting on December 13, 2013 at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado.

What American parents fear most

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