In response to the 2017 Las Vegas shooting , Blumenthal declared in an interview with Judy Woodruff , " we must break the grip of the NRA " . He continued , " we can at least save lives . Would it have prevented the Las Vegas atrocity , that unspeakable tragedy ? We will never know . But it might have , and we can definitely prevent such mass shootings by adopting these kinds of commonsense measures . " In 2018 , Blumenthal was a cosponsor of the NICS Denial Notification Act , legislation developed in the aftermath of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting that would require federal authorities to inform states within a day of a prohibited person attempting to buy a firearm failing the National Instant Criminal Background Check System
Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
Richard Blumenthal