also. our senators need to look for, work for, and a-plus rating from their constituents and stop pandering to get an a-plus rating from the nra, the gun lobby, and the gun manufacturers and their money. patricia maisch, i will tell you i only knew you were here in washington this week because of you yelling in the senate gallery today, whether or not you intended to do it, i m glad you were able to come over here today. i know you spent a couple hoirs being detained. must not have been a good day. they were kind and gentle. glad to hear you. thank you for being here and grabbing the damn magazine from the kid that day. thank you for having me, it was my pleasure. we ll be right back. [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus presents the cold truth.
the amendment is not agreed to. who yields time? mr. president shame on you! there will be order in the senate. the gallery will refrain from any demonstration or comments. the person who yelled shame on you from the senate viewing gallery today was this woman, patricia mash. the name sounds familiar to you, or face looks familiar to you is because patricia maisch helped stop the shooter in tucson, arizona, the one that wounded congresswoman gabby giffords and six others. she grabbed the magazine out of the shooter s hand as he was trying to reload the weapon and that prevented him from inflicting any more carnage and he was subdued. that same patricia maisch was inside the senate chamber today as the gun reform legislation was moved into defeat.
patricia maisch, thank you for being here. thank you, it s an honor to be here. did you know you were going to exclaim like that? i actually hoped i wouldn t have reacted in that way. i was just so angry after working monday and tuesday and part of today talking to senators about our experiences and how the second amendment can be preserved, as well as have this public health and safety issue taken care of, or attempted to stem the tide of violence with guns. i know that you were part of meetings with senators and their staffs. you ve been here all week long doing that. when you were in those meetings, and i guess now reflecting back on what happened today with the filibuster, could you tell if you were having an impact, what did it feel like in terms of getting a reaction from these folks you were meeting with? we didn t actually meet with senators except that we did
one of the things that being here is a stark reminder how little has been done to strengthen the background check system. but congressman giffords husband mark was trying to show how easy it is because we haven t made any changes. it has been two years since the tucson incident happened and we haven t done anything. tomorrow, 150 cities are planning a national call to action to demand action because we have demanded a plan from the federal government. we got one from the president and vice president in terms of the taskforce. but now we need to ask people like senators john mccain who has gone in the record in 2000 and supported background checks to do it again. because if it is good enough for people in oregon and people in colorado, it is good enough for all americans. daniel hernandez, patricia maisch, thanks for joining me. thanks for having us. tomorrow, a last word exclusive, mothers of sandy hook students will join me after they protest outside the national
buying guns today is mark kelly. one of the things that being here is a stark reminder how little has been done to strengthen the background check system. but congressman giffords husband mark was trying to show how easy it is because we haven t made any changes. it has been two years since the tucson incident happened and we haven t done anything. tomorrow, 150 cities are planning a national call to action to demand action because we have demanded a plan from the federal government. we got one from the president and vice president in terms of the taskforce. but now we need to ask people like senators john mccain who has gone in the record in 2000 and supported background checks to do it again. because if it is good enough for people in oregon and people in colorado, it is good enough for all americans. daniel hernandez, patricia maisch, thanks for joining me. thanks for having us. tomorrow, a last word exclusive, mothers of sandy hook students will join me after they