Before the 2018 shooting, Andrew Pollack wasn't a political activist, and neither was Fred Guttenberg. The fathers have since taken divergent political paths with the common goal of ending gun violence. Pollack (center), flanked by his sons, speaks during a listening session on gun violence at the White House in 2018. Despite initial hints of compromise, nothing materialized, and the White House and Congress fell back into blame-shifting. Yet despite a bitterly divided Congress, a massive spending bill passed late last year includes $25 million for federal research into gun violence.

Source: CNN August 25, 2020 01:45 UTC