For example , the 1999 '' Detroit Free Press '' editorial focused on the Violence Commission ’s 1969 " city of the future " prediction of " suburban neighborhoods , increasingly far-removed from the central city , with homes fortified by an array of security devices ; high-speed police-patrolled expressways becoming sterilized corridors connecting safe areas and urban streets that will be unsafe in differing degrees … That was in 1969 . Sounds like any metropolitan area you know ? " In 2012 , after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown , Connecticut , the '' Washington Post '' published commentary by Curtis that reminded the nation of how , in 1969 , a majority of National Violence Commission members , including both Republicans and Democrats , recommended confiscation of most handguns , restrictions on new handgun ownership to those who could demonstrate reasonable need , and identification of rifle and shotgun owners . Given that America is the only advanced industrialized nation in the world without effective firearms regulations and given that America , not surprisingly , therefore leads the industrialized world in firearms killings , the Foundation believes a new grassroots coalition against firearms in America should build on the recommendations of the National Violence Commission and better integrate the advocacy of , among others , the Brady Campaign , Mayors Against Illegal Guns , the Children 's Defense Fund , racial minorities , women , outraged parents , teachers , youthful voters , grandparents and voters who view firearms control as a key policy against terrorist acts and mass killings
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
U.S. National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence