“It’s gotten very polarized - and I think unwinding that polarization around that issue is going to take some time. It’s become wrapped up with people’s sense of identity and the degree to which the country is divided,” he said. It’s become such a culture hot button issue. The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting occurred on December 14, 2012, in Newtown, Connecticut, United States, when 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot and killed. “Gun violence is one of those issues I think we are far away from the promised land on. Winfrey referenced the pictures of “carnage” showing “little babies shot at their desk” that Obama was given of the shootings and asked he thought Americans would view gun violence differently if they were able to see those types of graphic images of school shootings. Then-President Barack Obama speaking in the Rose Garden in April 2013, after Congress failed to pass gun control bills. adam lanza entered the school and shot and. Guns are the leading cause of death among American children and teens. sandy hook shooting sandy hook elementary school shooting occurred on december 14, 2012, in newtown connecticut. They were asking for more effective background checks and other provisions to keep firearms out of the hands of disturbed folks,” like gunman Adam Lanza, who medical experts later determined had severe mental health problems that were untreated. Each day 12 children die from gun violence in America. history, an 18-year-old gunman opened fire at an elementary school in Texas. Six years since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, a new report from The Hartford Courant paints a chilling picture of the. “I was disgusted and appalled by the inaction because you had parents who had just lost their children sitting in front of senators and asking for very modest, reasonable approaches. Nearly 10 years after the Sandy Hook massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, one of the most horrific mass shootings in U.S. “I will say that was not only maybe the saddest day of my presidency, but when Congress failed to do anything in the aftermath of Sandy Hook was probably the angriest I ever was during my presidency,” Obama said. Documents from the investigation into the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut are shedding light on the gunmans anger, scorn for other people, and deep. A school shooting 'conspiracy theorist' was arrested on Monday after allegedly harassing families associated with the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, calling the children involved 'crisis. He said his sadness soon turned to anger though when Congress failed to pass gun control bills. Families of the victims of the Newtown shooting and attorneys listen during a news conference in Trumbull, Conn., Tuesday, Feb. (Photo: REUTERS/Peter Souza/Official White House Photo/Handout) President Barack Obama reacts as Counterterrorism chief and adviser John Brennan briefs him at the White House on the details of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, December 14, 2012.