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Barack obama is the stimulus package for the firearms industry. the program director for moms who demand action, which was formed in the wake of the newtown tragedy. jennifer, quantify for us in your view the impact that the brady law has had on the u.s. since it was passed. >> well, its impossible to quantity guy the effect because goodness knows how many lives have been saved. as you you mentioned, more than 2.1 million dangerous people, fell on, domestic abusers, other folks who shouldnt have...

Last year we had 15. so things dont seem to be going in the right direction. weve had a lot of discussions and were hoping we get some meaningful legislation out of this. its time to take some action and not just make some promises. >> teresa and dave are here to demand action, and for the first time in a long time, theres a chance they might actually be heard. over the next few months, americans would see a slew of new legislative proposals about guns. >> my colleagues and i are introducing a b...

Of opportunity for them. to kind of capitalize on. and its terrible. but some people took a different type of action after newtown. people whose lives have been affected by gun violence saw their opportunity to be heard, too. on an issue that they know is literally a matter of life or death. >> im here as a voice for my son malik, who at 17 years of age, lost his life due to an act of gun violence. >> on december 14th, we lost the love and light of our family, our daughter grace. >> gun violence...

A staggering 128 cases of sexual misconduct by teachers or school employees in new york city schools. all involving students. many of those recommended by investigators for removal, are still in our schools. what do the unions do? they protect them. theyre helping those teachers keep their jobs. its a scandal. and the candidates are silent. demand action. >> that was an ad for the parents transparency project, an education advocacy group. here with us now, former news anchor an co-founder of the...

Tell him its time to take pennsylvania solutions to washington. >> haers the interesting thing. first, mostly, i guess its interesting, but this is herbally a positive ad in favor of a republican senator findinging a way to support reform in a way that will resognate with his home state. can we just put up on the screen the end of it, the last frame, kind of the call to action? so, lots of political issue adds end with kind of a call to action like this. demand action. call this number. youre su...

Important that change is. >> im in favor of making changes to a background system. call senator toomey. tell him its time to take pennsylvania solutions to washington. >> haers the interesting thing. first, mostly, i guess its interesting, but this is herbally a positive ad in favor of a republican senator findinging a way to support reform in a way that will resognate with his home state. can we just put up on the screen the end of it, the last frame, kind of the call to action? so, lots of pol...

Elementary school. >> we need to remember the 26 victims who lost their lives. >> she just wanted to teach little kids. and that was her goal, and she died doing it. wonderful. >> that was the last day i ever saw jesse alive. >> i want to prevent any other family from having to go through what were going through. >> dont let the memory of newtown fade without doing something real. >> demand action. now. >> governor, what do you think is the potential impact of this double teaming in effect of th...

Santorum, whos running, even rick perry who says hes running. bobby jindal down in louisiana, no finance base, very tough. >> one of the nice things about doing "playbook" so early is you get all these scoops. we have a first look at one of bloombergs new ads thats going up in connecticut on his favorite topic right now, gun control. >> guns. >> we dropped jesse off in the morning december 14th. he gave me a hug and a kiss, said "i love you, dad, and i love mom, too." >> our daughter grace was 7...

>> as a gun owner i demand action. >> demand action. >> enough. >> enough. >> enough. >> mayors against illegal guns has anti-gun spots running as well. i want to bring on now a man who owns 38 guns and used one to shop a robber. he subsequently quit the nra. tell me exactly what happened in 2009 with this robber. >> well, it was a saturday before easter. april 11. i was down at a place called the acoa club which is an alcoholics anonymous club here in south carolina. i was sitting in this chair...

>> as a general. >> as an admiral. >> as a member of the armed force. >> as a gunowner, i demand a plan. >> demand action. >> enough. >> enough. >> enough. >> the latest national ad from mayors against illegal guns. senior flag rank retired military officers weighing in favor of gun reform. this is, i think, part of the answer to the anti-reform side trying to claim that theyre the tough guy side, that theyre the manly side in this debate. who would you pick in a fight? i would pick mcchrystal p...