joined the president today for his speech at the white house. the entire country was shattered. the entire country pledged we would do something about and it this time it would be different. shame on us if we ve forgotten. shepard: you saw republican senator mike lee responded: it s deeply unfortunate that president obama tones to use the tragedy of newtown as a brown for pushing legislation that would have doning in to prevent that horrible crime. wendell, the president spoke the same day that a couple of political groups rallied for tougher gun laws. not a coins dense. his former campaign group, now called organizing for actions, and a group of mayors led my michael bloomberg, held day of action today, targeting lawmakers who voice oxes to the d s call for background checks, ban of all the rifles and high capacity magazines and straw buyers. the president said none of those
of the senate judiciary committee from a bill that s sponsored by republicans and democrats. that would make it a federal crime for straw purchasers, charge the purchaser and the seller and our own casey hunt is reporting it could see the senate floor come april. we don t have an update on what happened with background checks. that s still sort of up in the air. senator coburn was working with senator manchin of west virginia and bipartisan action on that the idea of an assault weapons ban probably won t move forward on thursday but there s significant news with the straw buyers and something that police departments can t move on. they see it as a penalty, paper work penalty that doesn t necessarily get a lot of jail time and folks could face up to 25 years for an illegal straw purchase. perhaps a consensus to curtail gun crime. tamron? absolutely. the straw purchases in the news because following the tragedy in
state lines. debbie halvor son. when it comes to promoting gun violence, she gets an f. that ad, that pressure ad comes from new york city mayor michael bloomberg s pro-gun reform superpac. it s part of his campaign to build support in congress for meaningful national gun reform. and you know what? it appears to be working. once that ad started running in her district, debbie halvorson, who had said she would not be moved on this issue, debbie halvorson moved on this issue. ms. halvorson telling buzzfeed, quote, my win will not be a victory for the nra. how can it be a victory for the nra when i m for universal background checks, beefing up the database, going after straw buyers and making sure we register our guns. those are not things the nra wants. that s true. those are not things the nra wants. and that is probably going to make it hard to hold on to that nra a rating. but maybe that s not the most important thing in the world anymore? in the debate over gun policy
violence, she gets an f. that ad, that pressure ad comes from new york city mayor michael bloomberg s pro-gun reform superpac. it s part of his campaign to build support in congress for meaningful national gun reform. and you know what? it appears to be working. once that ad started running in her district, debbie halvorson, who had said she would not be moved on this issue, debbie halvorson moved on this issue. ms. halvorson telling buzzfeed, quote, my win will not be a victory for the nra. how can it be a victory for the nra when i m for universal background checks, beefing up the database, going after straw buyers and making sure we register our guns. those are not things the nra wants. that s true. those are not things the nra wants. and that is probably going to make it hard to hold on to that nra a rating. but maybe that s not the most important thing in the world anymore? in the debate over gun policy and gun laws, we are supposed to
it s part of his campaign to build support in congress for meaningful national gun reform. and you know what? it appears to be working. once that ad started running in her district, debbie halvorson, who had said she would not be moved on this issue, debbie halvorson moved on this issue. ms. halvorson telling buzzfeed, quote, my win will not be a victory for the nra. how can it be a victory for the nra when i m for universal background checks, beefing up the database, going after straw buyers and making sure we register our guns. those are not things the nra wants. that s true. those are not things the nra wants. and that is probably going to make it hard to hold on to that nra a rating. but maybe that s not the most important thing in the world anymore? in the debate over gun policy and gun laws, we are supposed to believe that the only real pressure on this issue comes from the nra, who of course always push against reform. but there is pressure on the other side, and it apparently