. >> cheryl stumbow was the face of 594 speaking across the state to drum up support.he suburban seattle life changed forever when she almost died during a mass shoot can. in july, 2006, a man angry with israel walked into seattle's fire. >> you know, i didn't even realize i had been shot. it turned out that he held the gunpoint-blank against my abdomen and pulled the trigger, but i felt like he just reached out and punched me. >> that's what i felt like. i couldn't hear anything because my ears were ringing so loudly from the gunfire and my face was in the carpet so i couldn't see anything but i could smell that smell and today, that smell is the smell of waiting to die because i thought, this is it. he is going to shoot me. i am going to be dead. >> how do you cope with the fact now? >> i get up and do. >> that's how i cope. and i had a new charge, a new mission in life. >> gun law advocates in other states, including nevada and maine watched the .594 campaign clos closely. they are pushing ballot initiatives and crafting campaigns, hoping to duplicate the results in