so all of that pre-existing tension and those threats and that political battle on a day when a member of his cabinet was murdered by means of a gun, the governor in colorado today did not reschedule. he went ahead and signed those three new pieces of gun legislation into law. universal back ground checks, a law that requires customers to pay for the background check and a law that limits magazines to 15 rounds. after the news of the death of his cabinet secretary, the governor did not just sit down and sign right away. it was an interesting moment when he sat down to sign these bills. i think he was taking a minute to let it sink in. watch.
congress hear from the country, i think it can be passed. we knew it was going to be an uphill job. it was always going to be a marathon, not a sprint. and the assault weapons ban was always the most ambitious, the politically toughest of all these provisions. and i am going to be proud to be with dianne feinstein in supporting this measure when it s offered as an amendment and i hope that it will pass. today the news out of colorado was so shocking in terms of the death of the corrections commissioner last night, shot on the doorstep of his home. that happening just hours before the colorado governor was due to sign three new pieces of gun reform legislation into law. obviously there s no reason for us to believe that the incidents are connected other than the fact that it was a gun murder. just a remarkable confluence of hid lines though.
greatly exaggerated. i think that it still is very much alive. and the reason that i think so is that the vast majority of american people want this provision of law. because they know that an assault weapon, an ar-15 was used in newtown magazine as well as a high capacity magazine. the two provisions are joined together for a reason. they both attest to what we must do to stop more newtowns and newtown is a call to action. so i think what has to happen, the silent majority needs to become a lot less silent and to tell their congress men and their senators in the next two weeks when they re home, what they think is necessary. now the bill right now, as it s been described, has a lot of good elements. the illegal trafficking banan straw purchase prohibition. the requirement for background checks of all purchase of firearms and of course the school safety provisions, all very, very important. but i think we need to keep fighting.
much alive. and the reason that i think so is that the vast majority of american people want this provision of law. because they know that an assault weapon, an ar-15 was used in newtown magazine as well as a high capacity magazine. the two provisions are joined together for a reason. they both attest to what we must do to stop more newtowns and newtown is a call to action. so i think what has to happen, the sigh lepts majority needs to become a lot less silent and to tell their congress men and their senators in the next two weeks when they re home, what they think is necessary. now the bill right now, as it s been described, has a lot of good elems. the illegal trafficking banan straw purchase prohibition. the requirement for background checks of all purchase of firearms and of course the school safety provisions, all very, very important. but i think we need to keep
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