The Sandy Hook Advisory Commission has released its final report on the school shooting that happened on December 14th 2012.  Governor Dannel Malloy commended the group and said their report can change lives, and that some of the recommendations have already saved lives.  Malloy says he doesn't believe there's an appetite in the General Assembly to pass more significant gun control, beyond the sweeping legislation approved in 2013.

Malloy says this should not be seen as a starting point, it's a continuation for the state where millions of dollars in school safety grants have been allocated to 1,000 schools.

He says this is not about who, what, when, where and why things happened.  He called it a report about the future, something that is a better honoring of the lives of those lost than any report on what transpired could possibly be.  He says there's a lot of common sense in the recommendations, and common ground can be found on so many of the changes proposed. 

Former Newtown state Representative Chris Lyddy hopes state lawmakers and others across the country take time to read the information.  He says this is a thoughtful , meaningful, and impactful report that keeps communities and children safer.  Lyddy also had a message for the General Assembly.

"Determine what recommendations you can get behind, and then get behind them."

Lyddy said yesterday that change must happen.  He says Connecticut and every other state must start thinking much differently and more boldly about systemic and complex issues.  He called status quo unacceptable, saying that the report challenges that status quo.

Commission chairman Scott Jackson says Connecticut can do something different and can do something better.  He knows there are controversial recommendations, and ones that will achieve universal accord.  The panel's final report includes recommendations that every firearm be registered in Connecticut and serial numbers be etched on shell casings for ammunition.

Jackson says there is no singular solution to violence in community spaces.  He says their recommendations weave themselves into a tapestry in which a combination of threads offer the best opportunity for systemic and lasting improvements for the safety of schools.  Jackson says schools should be sanctified places, but are not. 

"Not when once a week shots ring out somewhere in a school somewhere across the country."

One of the recommendations is that an enhanced focus on the mental health implications of crisis events be incorporated into all disaster preparedness and response protocols.

To help victims regain a sense of control, the Commission recommends communication and engagement with victims of crisis events not follow a one-size-fits-all approach but instead should be calculated to enhance each individual's capacity to control his or her own recovery process.

A central clearing house for information relevant to disaster response and recovery is also called for in the report.  The recommendation is that there by clearly identified channels of access ti help mitigate the sorts of communication barriers that can impede recovery and risk re-traumatizing vulnerable members of the community.