I represented the petitioners in the Supreme Court today. I dont know if therell be questions from anybody but i wanted to say that were gratified that the Supreme Court heard the argument in todays case. This is a very important case. My clients have been litigating this case for over five years. Theyve been represented by a great team that goes well beyond me. Brian stapleton has been representing them if the very beginning of this litigation. And the reason they filed this lawsuit five years ago was to try to vindicate their rights under the Second Amendment. Up until the point that the Supreme Court granted certiorari in this case, the city of new york resisted their efforts to vindicate their right at every turn and only when the Supreme Court granted certiorari petition in this case did the city start to take efforts to try to recognize their rights. The court asked a lot of questions today about those continuing efforts by the city to try to make this case go away but they also
The presiding officer the senator from connecticut. Mr. Murphy are we in a quorum call, mr. President . The presiding officer we are not. Mr. Murphy thank you, mr. President. Mr. President , i thank my colleagues for their indulgence this evening, and for those of us those of you who help us keep this floor open. I will make some longer remarks later this evening, but while we have a short break in the floor waiting for senator brown to arrive, i wanted to say a word of appreciation to all of my colleagues who have decided to join us this evening on the floor. This is my first appearance here, to talk about the imperative of changing the nations gun laws, recognizing that this number, 100 americans killed by guns every single day, is not inevitable. Almost every single one of these murders and suicides and accidental shootings is preventable. If we make different choices here on the floor of the United States senate, and our purpose tonight is to try to bring some consistency of effort
we always have to have. because they re steps forward, and their steps back. and it gets complicated, but there have been, as we talked about in the documentary, 525 state laws, significant state laws, considered by the gifford center, that have been passed in the past ten years, and by the way, in those states, it really did something significant, connecticut has not had a mass shooting since 2013. well. that s a lot. and it s a lot of the moms that are responsible for that. you have to look at the extraordinary political organization of groups like moms demand, and sandy hook promise, and all these groups. many of whom are average citizens, they re not professional politicos. these are people for whom it s very personal. they have successfully lobbied their state governments and made an impact, and to your point of progress, it s an extraordinary example for what s possible in this country. when people organized and understand how the system works, and use that personal experience,
schizophrenic conversation we always have to have because there are steps forward and back and it gets complicated but there have been as we talked about in the documentary, 525 state laws significant state laws considered by the gifford center passed in the past ten years and by the way in those states that really did something significant connecticut has not had a mass shooting since 2013. that s a lot. it s a lot on the moms responsible for that. you have to look at the extraordinary political organization of group like moms demand and sandy hook promise and all of these groups many of whom are average citizens, no professional politicalos for people whom it s personal and put they have successfully lobby their state governments and paid an impact and to your point on progress it s an extraordinary example of what s policy and bring the stories to bear experiences they never
every day, that for every victory there is more than that can happen to stop this scourge of school shootings. that was bipartisan, federal gun safety legislation, something that hadn t happened in nearly three decades. then, also, because of the work that these parents have done, according to the giffords association, there are 525 gifford center, i should say 525 significant gun safety laws that have been passed in these ten years, most of them at the state level, and, of course, they make a huge impact as well. you ll learn about all of that and everything they ve done tonight. you are one of the best interviewers and storytellers so thank you for doing this, for honoring those families, and shining a light so we never forget what they ve endured and hopefully can move towards change for the better. thank you alisyn camerota. don t miss it tonight at 10:00 eastern on cnn. that does it for me.