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116th Congress

In March of 2018, one month after the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, students from Washington-area schools gathered during a rally at the United States Capitol to urge Congress to take action against gun violence. In early 2019, members of the 116th Congress have sponsored a relatively unprecedented number of gun-control bills.
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The 116th Congress Is Refocused on Gun Control in the Wake of Parkland

A Pacific Standard analysis reveals the only other time a new Congress has introduced so many gun-control bills was in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting.

By Francie Diep