“It’s a huge turning point in our lives,” said Fischer, who was 6 when a gunman killed 20 first graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012.
Emma brown, giffords executive directorSince 2013, at least 122 people have been killed by gunfire in 64 planned school shootings, according to NBC News’ tracker.
“We were told this would be what turns everything around,” said Emma Ehrens, 18, who was next to the Sandy Hook gunman as he shot her classmates.
“It really breaks your heart a little bit more every time.”A memorial site along a road in Sandy Hook after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., in 2012.
Since Sandy Hook, states have passed more than 620 gun safety laws, Brown said.
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