. >> woodruff: for more on all this, we turn to carroll doherty, director of political research at thepew research center for the people and the press. and, joseph de avila, who has been reporting on this and related stories for the "wall street journal." we welcome both of you. jofs de avila, why are these families suing? >> well, they're suing,

. >> woodruff: for more on all this, we turn to carroll doherty, director of political research at theavila, who has been reporting on this and related stories for the "wall street journal." we welcome both of you. jofs de avila, why are these families suing? >> well, they're suing, being sued over the past weekend and what they're trying to do is basically a lot of them are asking for their day in court. what has happened is that there was a law passed in 2005 that basically has not allowed any lawsuits against gun manufacturers. there is oneç exception. there is one of these exceptions is negligent entrustment. so what essentially they're arguing is that these lawsuit, in order for it to go forward, they're saying that theç manufacturer of the gun and the distributor and also the store that sold this gun are basically selling a weapon that is unfit for civilian use. and negligent entrustment, to give an example, it kind of works in a way where one party gives a product to another party and trusts that product with that additional party. and if that other party commits harm to a thi

s/carroll doherty, centro de investigación pew (nat up) carroll doherty del centro de investigacin pewe la opinin pblica ha cambiado y que en ms de 20 aÑos esta es la primera vez que eso sucede. 52% quiere ms derechos mientras que 46% quiere ms control. este tema es uno que histricamente ha dividido al pas. aquellos que defienden la segunda enmienda dicen que entre ms armas hay menos violencia. s/luis quiñónez, a favor de armas "una sociedad donde todas las personas están armadas es una sociedad muy pasiva porque tú sabes que la otra persona esta igualmente preparada para cualquier asunto" pero eso para algunos es absurdo y por el contrario quieren revivir un proyecto de ley que actualmente est estancado en el congreso. s/ chelsea parsons, center for american progress (nat up) nosotros hemos estado abogando para que se apruebe ese proyecto que cierra la brecha que permite la venta del 40% de las armas a compradores a los que no se les han revisado sus antecedentes, dijo chelsea parson de center for american progress. en vsperas del aniversario de sandy hook, una organizacin pro control