3. Sandy Hook Elementary Massacre
Atlantis Cable News is no stranger to mass shootings; in its final moments, the fourth episode of "The Newsroom" dealt with the mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona that targeted Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords at a supermarket rally. It was nearly two years later when 20 year old Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School and killed 20 schoolchildren and six faculty members. It's hard to think about without feeling sick, which is why this is the perfect story to tackle on this show. It was with the Sandy Hook shooting that a new push for gun control legislation became rampant in Washington, and until the bills introduced were killed recently, the concepts of an "assault weapons" ban, stricter regulations, and even firearm confiscation were a hot topic among the American people. It could be entirely possible that the atrocity at Sandy Hook affects a news team member with young children in their family or that somebody they know lives in Newtown, Connecticut. Will, who has established that he dislikes guns, could further ignite the furor of Leona Lansing by chastising the NRA on air due to the increase in membership following the Sandy Hook shooting.