I Lost My Son in the Sandy Hook Shooting 12 Years Ago Today — & Here's What I Need You to Know

Exactly 12 years ago, on December 14, 2012, the lives of 20 first-graders and six educators were taken at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut: an unimaginable tragedy which left me in grief that will never truly heal. To honor my son Dylan, the other loved ones killed on that tragic day, and all victims of gun violence, I’ve made it my life’s mission to turn my heartbreak into action. As a parent, you never think it could be you.

By helping to found Sandy Hook Promise ...