another crucial figure in the fight to pass gun safety legislation. a huge amount of money in the race came from outside groups, including over $300,000 from the nra. but this time, the nra faced some financial competition from gun advocacy groups, including $350,000 from new york city mayor michael bloomberg. yesterday s vote was clearly a major blow in the desperate need to improve gun safety. but with mr. bloomberg leaving office in just a few months, perhaps he ll be able to focus more of his resources on this issue of guns in america. for missouri more now, i m joined by democratic strategist julian epstein. julian, i have to get your immediate reaction to what has happened in colorado. was this a case of hope and change buried yet again by the nra? no. and i actually don t think this was a major setback. i think it s a blip on the radar screen. this was a recall election and very, very extremely small state legislative districts. it s in the heart of gun country.
continue to be the marionettes of the nra, while we have an excessive amount of bloodshed, 1 1,000 murders every single year in this country. it s like 200 a week. those members that continue to be the marionettes will end up being diselected in the long term. julian epstein, we re glad and grateful for your optimism. thank you, sir. coming up, we welcome a congressman from the new york delegation for his take on the strategy just ahead. stay with us. aw this is tragic man, investors just like you could lose tens of thousands of dollars on their 401(k) to hidden fees. thankfully e-trade has low cost investments and no hidden fees. but, you know, if you re still bent on blowing this fat stack of cash, there s a couple of ways you could do it.
should ask him to be can of explaining stuff. and for more on this fight, i m joined by democratic strategist julian epstein and james peterson, director of african na studies as the lehigh university. i want you to both to weigh in, starting with you, julian, about the administration s moves on gun control we just reported. along with the shooting death of the 1-year-old in new orleans. do you think there s anything that will move congress to act on gun reform. julian? like president obama said at the parch on webs, pressure comes from outside of washington. the real question is whether the democratic party and progressive movement can marshall support for changes in gun laws to put pressure on the obstructionists. we have 11,000 of these tragedies that occur every year. 20 times the gun rate as competitors. laws allow criminals to get any kind of weapon they want on
ground after he was shot in the face and killed by a police officer yesterday. the youngest victim of a police shooting that commission mer ray kelly can recall. oh if not after a mass shooting, if not after each individual shooting, then when should this conversation take place? for more, i m pleased to be joined by democratic strategist julian epstein and from mayors against illegal guns with me is mark glaze. julian, we re learning now hairy reid says is he almost certain the issue of background checks which as you know failed to advance despite 90% he support amongst americans that it will be revisited next year. why does he think it will be a different time next year to bring a bill before the senate when we know what s just happened? well, i think you make a good point. i think actually the experience with the gun vote on background checks makes a very strong case for getting rid of the filibuster rule. but the idea, martin, is to allow the progressive movement,
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