Multiple current and former senators now say they regret their votes against gun restrictions following the Sandy Hook mass shooting, The Washington Post reports in a new article. Former Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) reflected on her experience as a newly elected official speaking with family members of the 2012 Newtown, Conn., school shooting, which left…

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Senators tell Washington Post they regret gun votes after Sandy Hook

After a decade of mass killings and surging AR-15 sales, four current and three former senators recant some or all of their 2013 positions on restricting assault weapons in emotional interviews with The Post.

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After Sandy Hook, they voted no. Now these senators want new gun laws.

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The Washington Post on Wednesday published a devastating profile of seven U.S. Senators reflecting on their votes following the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012. The Post spoke to the senators – six Democrats and one independent – all of whom voted against gun reform measures after the deadly shooting, but have now had a change of heart. The article by Peter Wallsten and Paul Kane begins with a lobbyist recalling then Sen. H…

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‘Extraordinarily Sorry’: Seven Senators Tell The Washington Post they Regret Blocking Gun Reform After Sandy Hook

"I didn’t feel at the time like this was my issue" at the time, one senator said. Now "it’s everyone’s issue."

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Senators that opposed gun reform after Sandy Hook now "regret" votes

Four current senators and three former ones have come out to express contrition for not backing gun control measures in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook shooting

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Senators 'Regret' Blocking Gun Reform After Sandy Hook, With One 'Extraordinarily Sorry': Report

Four current senators and three former senators are saying they regret protecting your right to keep and bear arms, but do they?

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Senators Express Regret for Defending Your Rights

The Washington Post reports: Now, as mass shootings have become more frequent in the decade since Sandy Hook, four current senators and three former senators have taken the remarkable step of recanting some or all of their 2013 positions. In emotional interviews with The Washington Post in recent weeks, some expressed deep regret for not …

Senators tell Washington Post they regret gun votes after Sandy Hook

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