Smegielski is the daughter of Dawn Lafferty Hochsprung, the principal of Sandy Hook Elementary School who died trying to protect her staff from a shooter on a murderous rampage two years ago today. [...] is smegielski's new life, one thrust into being the morning of Dec. 14, 2012, the day her mother died of gunshot wounds in the school hallway. Smegielski (pronounced smeh-gel-ski) has taken stands on social media, reached out to victims of gun violence, addressed the nation's leaders from the Senate floor, and traveled to other states to step into their gun control fights. Smegielski spoke about her mother on NBC's Today show last year, and has been interviewed by hundreds of newspapers, magazines and television stations. Conservative bloggers revile her as misinformed and unfairly labeling all gun owners, including a self-described "right-of-center" blog called Gateway Pundit, which called her "a committed leftist activist from Connecticut ...