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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
of failure this time after this massacre. and here is how you can tell. if you have a vague feeling that there has been a qualitatively different reaction to this particular mass shooting as compared to others, you are correct in feeling that way. look at what has happened. the shooting at sandy hook happened on december 14th, okay? on december 16th, two days later, the president travelled to connecticut to speak at an interfaith prayer vigil at newtown high school. the same day on the 16th appearing on meet the press , dianne feinstein of california introduced plans to introduce a new assault weapons ban in the new congress. then the next day, december 17th, a new group called newtown united, which has since been renamed the sandy hook promise, they held their first meeting to talk about ideas for addressing gun violence, and for keeping their town s tragedy in the news until change was made. then two days later, december 19th, president obama announces the formation of a white house
as he delivers that speech and praises minneapolis as a model of how realistic gun reform can work to reduce gun violence. then tuesday, yesterday, the push for gun safety reform gets bipartisan. republican senator dean heller of nevada comes out for universal background checks. the number two house republican, eric cantor, also comes out for a beefed up background check system. and a bipartisan group in the house, republicans and democrats, outline their proposals for some gun safety reforms that they think can pass even the republican-controlled house. and that brings us to today. just about an hour ago, vice president joe biden attended the house democrats retreat in virginia. the topic he came to discuss? gun violence. and here is part of what he had to say. when people tell me that you can t prevent these kinds of occurrences, that doesn t mean we can t do something to god forbid if it happens again