omar esparza, eyewitness to the colorado shooting massacre. he and his friends escaped minutes after the shooter open the fire. when we come back, another survivor of sorts. she lost her husband, her son was critically wounded in the long island rail road massacre of 1993. she then ran for congress on a gun control ticket, and she won. she beat the congress member who was not for gun-control. we will be speaking with long island congress member carolyn mccarthy. mccarthy. >> "lives in the balance" sung by richie havens. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we continue our conversation of the colorado massacre. the rampage is leading to fresh calls for a national debate on gun control. michael bloomberg, an advocate of stricter gun laws, says that president obama and mitt romney to lead the conversation. >> somebody has got to do this. particularly in an election year, the candidates need to stand up and say once and for all, yes, they feel terrible, yes it is a tragedy, we have sympathy for the f