enough to walk away from these incidents alive. we ve gotten too many reminders of this. the shooter in the newtown incident, adam lanza, killed 20 children and 6 adults before taking his life. now, 13 months after that massacre, we may be hearing the shooter s voice. there s a phone call that adam lanza made to a radio show a little more than a year before the radio spree. we re aware that some of you somebody to shooters like adam lanza and would be better time spent on victims memories. at the same time, if listening to this tape can help us get any insight into the type of mind that can possibly help us stop something like this again, well, we believe it s worth it. and that s why we re playing it
the obama administration is keeping the heat on the gun control issue. this afternoon, vice president biden will answer questions live in a facebook town hall about gun violence. meanwhile, more movement on the gun control issue outside of washington. colorado state house of representatives proofing four bills tightening gun laws yesterday. the new york times reporting today that lawmakers are increasingingly open to a ban on high capacity magazines. joining me is party a democrat from pennsylvania. you wrote a post for msnbc.com around the two-month mark around the newtown incident. you wrote the following. so as a strong advocate of the assault weapons ban, would you be happy if this congress was able to do something initially with universal background checks