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To the editor:

It’s been 11 years since 20 precious elementary students and six adults were murdered at Sandy Hook. I remember the tears running down my face as I watched the national news. I remember thinking, now things will change.

But the NRA and the Republican party have seen to it that very little has changed. Despite the fact that a majority of Americans want stricter gun laws (58%, Pew Research Center, 2023), every few weeks we hear of another gut-wrenching mass shooting.