in the crowd today at the white house along with connie sanders whose father died in columbine, jane doherty whose sister died at sandy hook and mark bargain's son died at sandy hook as well. introducing the president. >> the thing is, every gun- related death is preventable and we need your help. >> republicans are very upset over this move to sign an executive order and some of the republican candidates speaking out today, marco rubio, he's promised to reverse any executive measures on gun control if he is elected president, and ted cruz also spoke out. >> we don't beat the bad guys by taking away our guns. we beat the bad guys by using our guns. >> meanwhile, gun stocks are rallying for a second day as investors bet that the new restrictions announced by the president will not deter sales skyrocketing. for example, smith and wesson shares forged 14% when the dow opened today. they dipped a bit during the president's address and have rebounded higher. this is a look right now at the number of background checks in colorado in recent years. by 2013 that number jumped to 400,000 before droppi