Connecticut School Shooting: History of U.S. gun control laws (VIDEO)

By: Crimesider Staff
Topics: Daily Blotter

(CBS) -- "CBS This Morning" reports on America's past gun laws and the changes some are calling for after the Friday shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. that left 27 dead.

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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a staunch gun control advocate, is taking the President to task on the issue. "... The country needs [the President] to send a bill to Congress to fix this problem. Calling for 'meaningful action' is not enough. We need immediate action," Bloomberg said yesterday after the shooting.

The last significant national gun control legislation, the assault weapons ban, expired in 2004.

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by michael4yah December 16, 2012 2:29 PM EST: GUn Control? How about Commie control. Adam Lanza was a devoted Communist/Anarchist and the media is trying to hide it. facebook is helping with the effort by deleting Lanza's account but not before some of us copied his facebook page. Read this and ask yourself why is the media trying to hide this. Its all about disarming America. Wag the Dog or whatever you want to call it. Look at his "Political Views" http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/3611_423506811050933_1150852840_n.jpg; Reply to this comment