then in january, the issue does not die down, even as everybody says oh, it s over now. no. on january 2nd, wednesday january 2nd, gun violence victim gabby giffords meets with new york city mayor and gun reform advocate michael bloomberg. they talk about efforts to reportedly pressure the president and congress to act on gun reform. they allow themselves to be photographed meeting. january 4th, two days later, we learn that the police chief of waterbury, connecticut, which is near newtown, has issued a moratorium on gun shows in his town after the sandy hook shootings. and he says why he is doing it. just a few days later, january 8th, gabby giffords, her husband astronaut mark kelly launch a new anti-gun violence group. that same day, a group called the coalition to stop gun violence launches an ad, a political ad targeting newly elected north dakota senator heidi heitkamp for her criticism of potential gun reforms. on january 9th, the very next day, vice president biden meets
americans who think gun laws should be stronger is up very sharply from a year ago. also that same day, maryland governor martin o malley says he plans to push for strict new gun laws for his state in the new legislative session. january 13th on january 15th, new york governor andrew cuomo signs into law the first state gun reform to be passed since the newtown shootings. told you that one was quick. that same day the nra releases an ad criticizing calls for gun reform and targeting weirdly, the president s own children in the ad. on january 18 excuse me, january 16th, president obama reads allowed from letters that he received from children urging him to act on gun reform. and he releases the recommendations from joe biden s task force, calling on congress to require background checks, to ban assault weapons, and to limit high-capacity magazines. that happened really fast because that happened early. he said he wanted it by the end of the month. joe biden got it to him by the 16th
laws for his state in the new legislative session. january 13th on january 15th, new york governor andrew cuomo signs into law the first state gun reform to be passed since the newtown shootings. told you that one was quick. that same day the nra releases an ad criticizing calls for gun reform and targeting weirdly, the president s own children in the ad. on january 18 excuse me, january 16th, president obama reads allowed from letters that he received from children urging him to act on gun reform. and he releases the recommendations from joe biden s task force, calling on congress to require background checks, to ban assault weapons, and to limit high-capacity magazines. that happened really fast because that happened early. he said he wanted it by the end of the month. joe biden got it to him by the 16th. the same day announcing 23 executive acts on the issue of guns and mental illness. and he announces his nomination for a real permanent atf director, which the agency had not ha
that leads of course to a cascade of more than 24 hours of outraged and almost uniformly disgusted response to the nra as a national spokesperson as a national spokes organization on this issue. then we have christmas. and the day after christmas, on the 26th, arizona s attorney general proposed not armed guards at schools, but arming a principal at each school to defend against potential shooters. that same day, thousands of people lined up at a gun buyback event in los angeles to trade their guns in for grocery store gift cards. then in january, the issue does not die down, even as everybody says oh, it s over now. no. on january 2nd, wednesday january 2nd, gun violence victim gabby giffords meets with new york city mayor and gun reform advocate michael bloomberg. they talk about efforts to reportedly pressure the president and congress to act on gun reform. they allow themselves to be photographed meeting. january 4th, two days later, we learn that the police chief of
him to act on gun reform. and he releases the recommendations from joe biden s task force, calling on congress to require background checks, to ban assault weapons, and to limit high-capacity magazines. that happened really fast because that happened early. he said he wanted it by the end of the month. joe biden got it to him by the 16th. the same day announcing 23 executive acts on the issue of guns and mental illness. and he announces his nomination for a real permanent atf director, which the agency had not had since 2006. the next day for good measure, the president writes an op-ed outlining all the stuff he had just done for the connecticut post. it s not an accident that it s connecticut, right? the same day new jersey s republican governor chris christie announces a task force to study ways to reduce violence in his state. he calls the nra s latest ad, the one that targets the president s kids, he calls that ad reprehensible. the same day vice president biden addresses the u.s.