Chris Murphy on mass shootings: 'Public policy has failed'

Murphy, an outspoken advocate for gun control, was previously a House member representing the district that encompassed Newtown, Connecticut, during the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012. "As much as we all would have liked this school security officer to act differently, once you're in the position where you're hoping the school security guard or a gym teacher decides to take a pistol to somebody with a military-style assault weapon, public policy has failed," Murphy said. "You should be passing laws to stop that kind of horrific incident from happening in the first place." Murphy added that he doesn't think "you can just assume that better law enforcement response is going to.

Source: Yahoo News