i hope that they'll remember us, the other legislators, [enator snowe, senator collins, and the otheral delegations and join the legacy that pam leaves and(that all of us hope to leave, that we americans canúcreate a safer world for the rest of the members of our nation. thank you very much. >ñ oarry kay mace. >> my name is mary kay mace and my daughter, ryan, was the youngest of the five students slain in the rampage shooting at northern illinois university on valentine's day of 2008. ryan was only 19 when taken from my husband and me. she was our only child and the light of our lives. as more information became available about the shooter, i had problems understanding how someone with such an extensively documented history of mental illness was able to purchase firearms legally. i naively assumed that there were laws in place to prevent that sort of thing in the interest of public safety. through extensively researching gun control laws and nics, i came to find that the good laws we do have don't go far enough and that they're somewhat unenforceable given that the background check s