Murphy pleads with GOP for a gun deal as 'another Sandy Hook' grips America

In the first minutes following a Texas gunman’s slaughter of at least 19 children and at least one teacher, many Democrats said they were resigned to continued inaction on guns. Not Chris Murphy.

The Connecticut senator, whose gun safety advocacy was kindled by an elementary school shooting in his state 10 years ago, asked his colleagues pointedly in an impassioned floor speech just after the killings: “We have another Sandy Hook on our hands. What are we doing?” As he left the floor, Murphy said he wasn’t there to needle...