Former Congresswoman Giffords Remembers Victims of Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting

Washington DC — Today, former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords remembered the victims and survivors of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, 11 years later. 

“Today I’m remembering the 20 children and six adults who were stolen from us in a senseless act of gun violence. The students murdered that day should be teenagers now. They’ve missed 11 first days of school and will never get to graduate high school or go to prom. Instead, their families are left grieving year after year.  

“That horrific day changed many Americans forever, including myself. Since then, we have galvanized a movement to stop gun violence. Nothing will bring those we lost that day back. One million people have been shot across the country since Sandy Hook. Nothing will undo that. But if the calls we make and gun safety champions we elect and laws we pass spare even one family from knowing this pain, our efforts will have been worth it.

“I believe we can build a future free from gun violence. We owe it to the children and educators who were killed that day, to their families, and to all those whose hearts are heavier today and every day because of the devastation wrought by gun violence. I’m standing with you, and I will never stop fighting for you.”

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