democrat joe manchin. we have an agreement on an amendment. many of the families travelled to washington, d.c. several times in 2013 to lobby for the bill. i carried pictures of of daniel with me, because i wanted them to look at his little face and to sit across from me, a dad whose child just been murdered. i wanted people to know what my little daniel was, and he wasn t just a number and a statistic of another school shooting in america. and did it penetrate? for some it did. for some it didn t. some of them said, you know, my constituents won t understand it this way. and so some stood up and did the right thing. some not so much. some of them lied right to my face. as parents were pushing for federal legislation in d.c., many were also calling for policy change back home in connecticut.
face. as parents were pushing for federal legislation in d.c., many were also calling for policy change back home in connecticut. connecticut already had good gun laws in place, so this was a strengthening of a lot of them. at the time of the shooting, john mckinney was the republican state senator representing newtown. i met with all of the victim families who asked the meet with me. i told them when i met with them that i viewed my job to be their voice, to do what they needed me to do for them. assault weapons and large capacity magazines were really top of mind for the people who talked to me about gun measures. in connecticut, everything was on the table. one of the things i did was met with all the other republicans in our caucus, and i was very honest with them. i said, i m going to go negotiate and work with the democrats on a bill. i m going to do it as a state
a heart wrenching instead that right to my face. as parents were pushing for federal legislation in d. c., many were also calling for policy change back home in connecticut. . i met with all of the victims families, who asked to meet with me, i told them when i met with them, that i knew my job was to be their voice, do what they need me to do for them. assault weapons and large capacity magazines were really top of mind are the people who talk to me about some of the gun control measures. in connecticut, everything was on the table. one of the things that i did was met with all of the other republicans in our caucus. i was very honest with them, i said i m going to go negotiate and work with the democrats on a bill. i m going to do it as a state