Candlelight vigil in Newtown, CT for victims of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
A young woman signs a prayer board inside Saint Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Newtown, Connecticut during a prayer service and vigil in response to a shooting that left at least 26 people dead including 18 children at the Sandy Hook School earlier in the day on December 14, 2012. A gunman opened fire inside inside Sandy Hook Elementary School early Friday morning where his mother worked. The suspect 20-year-old Adam Lanza, reportedly killed himself following the shooting rampage inside the school. UPI/Matthew Healey
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Connecticut gun owners, dealers and advocacy groups have filed a lawsuit to overturn the state's new law banning high-capacity magazines.
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A New York woman accused of faking a relationship to one of the victims of Connecticut's Sandy Hook school shooting now faces state as well as federal charges.
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National Rifle Association members at the group's national convention in Houston are celebrating legislative victories and taking aim at gun control advocates.
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