It was said, six years ago, that the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary school, which took the lives of 20 children and six adults, changed everything." It didn't
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President Obama later said the #SandyHook school massacre was the worst day of his presidency. Here: the president slumps as national security advisor John Brennan briefs him on the killings of 20 schoolchildren and six adults (Photo/@PeteSouza)

Two days after the Sandy Hook killings, Obama visited Newtown; his eloquent talk that evening touched his successor - see the attached Trump tweet from Ded. 17, 2012. Yet as a candidate, @RealDonaldTrump took millions from the NRA and has fiercely protected its agenda

The November election swept away 15 of the NRA's best allies in the House; it's likely that it could now pass stiffer gun control bills. But a Republican-dominated Senate and a presidential veto pen all but ensures that nothing will come of it