mcbath, jordan davis mom who is a gun reform advocate also won, she got more votes but is headed for a runoff for a georgia house seat. lots of historic election results for women of color in georgia. stacey abrams, good luck. thank you so much, joy. thank you very much. and coming up, more on democrats chances of riding a blue wave in november. and later, one of the stars of the royal wedding takes on trump, bishop michael curry will be here, he joins me live, don t go anywhere. most people come to la with big dreams. we came with big appetites. with expedia, you could book a flight,
murderers, which is why it is we have to attack the issue of assau assault rifles and bump stocks and high capacity magazines. i am pleased to see the congresswoman now campaigning as a gun reform advocate. i wish she had campaigned that way when she ran for congress. i hope we can understand which is the true one. i was just in parkland yesterday registering young high school students to register to vote. we have to make sure our young people are registered to vote. if you agree with me, we will reward you and if you disagree, we are going to work to take you out of office. i appreciate na sentiment. i want to have both of you hang on.
previously about some of their more dark and disturbing tactics where they ve harassed and degraded women. this is stuff that the nra in a sense has to own because now they re supporting these guys. they re tacitly saying all this stuff is just fine with them apparently. as you said spitting into the face of one gun reform advocate and really scary tactics that as you said the nra now owns. i want to get to sort of why they own it. there is a really great piece, she said the nra needs to be understood not as a lobby for gun owners but for gun sellers. their job above all other things is to protect the profits of the gun industry. that means they can t kill the goose that lays the golden eggs which is pandering to and provoking this highly insecure masculinity that drives gun sales. is part of this because the nra can t afford to as she said anger the people who are actually buying more and more guns thus really the only ones increasing gun sales? yeah. what else is also really inte
be stopped by a background check. it certainly will stop some and if you re the one that s going to get the call or prevent from getting the call saying your 9-year-old daughter is at umc and you need to get there right away because she s been murdered, you know, that is powerful. that s powerful. and i used to think the worst thing i could imagine was roxanna and john green holding the lifeless body of their 9-year-old. but there s something worse and those not being able to hold the lifeless body of your child. and that s what the newtown people had to experience. and i think our senators and our representatives need to take a serious look at how damaging gun violence is. in the body and in the mind. it s just unacceptable. we re a smart people, we should be able to do something about this. tucson shooting survivor, gun reform advocate, patricia maisch. thank you. thank you, thomas. we asked and you answered
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