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Friday, May 10, 2013  Officials in Newtown, Conn. say the district should tear down the elementary school where 20 first-graders and six educators were shot to death in December and construct a new building on the property

Friday, May 03, 2013  Newtown, Conn., officials are meeting to discuss what to do with the elementary school where 20 first-graders and six educators were shot to death in December, but they might not vote.

Monday, April 01, 2013  Connecticut lawmakers have reached a deal on what they're calling some of the toughest gun laws in the country that were proposed after the mass school shooting in the state in December.

Monday, March 25, 2013  Some residents in Newtown, Conn., say they're outraged at receiving robocalls from the National Rifle Association only three months after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings.

Monday, March 18, 2013  A Central New York family with ties to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting is holding an event to help the family of one of the victims.

Thursday, March 14, 2013  People close to the investigation tell The Associated Press that the gunman in the Connecticut school massacre showed interest in other mass killings.

Thursday, March 07, 2013  Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy says it's time for Congress to take steps to reduce gun violence.

Tuesday, March 05, 2013  The resolution passed by a vote of 14-3. It calls upon Governor Cuomo and the state legislature to repeal the toughest set of gun control laws introduced in the wake of the Newtown massacre.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013  Panelists came together at Syracuse University's Hendricks Chapel on Tuesday night to discuss gun violence in America.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013  Stephen Barton, a Syracuse University alum and survivor of the Aurora theater shooting, is the keynote speaker at Syracuse University’s “Guns and America: Joining the Conversation” discussion on Tuesday night.

Thursday, February 07, 2013  Children from Newtown who recently recorded a version of "Over the Rainbow" will be featured as part of the Grammy Awards broadcast.

Wednesday, February 06, 2013  SUNY Cortland hosted a "teach-in" about the threats posed by gun violence in the wake of the Newtown shooting, which killed Mary Sherlach, Class of 1978.

Tuesday, February 05, 2013  Sandy Hook Elementary School Principal Dawn Hochsprung, five other educators and 20 children were killed in the Dec. 14 mass shooting at the school in Newtown, Conn.

Monday, January 28, 2013  New York State was the first to pass new gun restrictions in light of the Newtown killings, but the reaction is mixed. The NYS Sheriff’s Association has come out with a position paper on the legislation and there are several petitions calling for impeachment of Governor Cuomo.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013  A north Florida woman is paying an armed deputy to patrol her child's elementary school due to safety concerns following the shooting that killed 20 children in Newtown, Conn.