i want to bring in mark glaze, executive director of mayors against illegal guns. sheriffs, they filed a lawsuit against the state of colorado for its newest law which requires among other things background checks on all gun purchases and also limiting most ammunition magazines to 15 rounds. a federal judge dismissed part of that lawsuit and now the sheriffs are refusing to enforce the law. what's the practical effect of that in colorado and nationwide as well? >> well, i think probably not much. i think we've seen a little of this across the country. governors usually get into action and say, look, it's not your option not to enforce state or federal law and these guys will generally fall in line and i think that will probably start to happen after this lawsuit is finally settled and they will lose the lawsuit. it's also important to remember that these laws are working in colorado and we already know that. in the few months since the background check law has been in place, at least 70 prohibited purchasers have been stopped at the point of purchase. that means fel

to put it into context and figure out how to move forward, we got mark glaze, executive director of mikeloomberg's gun control group, mayors against illegal guns, jeff smith, director of police, former democratic missouri state senator. msfbc.com contributing writer noah, author of the great divergence, america growing in a quality crisis and what we can do about it. emily tish sussman, director of the action fund. thank you all for being with me. i wanted to start with you, i know you have been working with some of the families in new town. i know you attended the candlelight vigil they had at the national cathedral this week. if you could, tell us what that vigil is leak. what the sense in the community is, how they're assessing the past year in terms of policy action. >> the vigil is beautiful. it was really beautiful. it really spoke to a lot of the senses of the families in new town of the entire community that this was an atrocity and it got a lot of national attention and it really did move the public in an emotional way. but what's important about it is not just the lives lost th