Women Shout 'shame on You' in Senate Chamber Meeting

Two women shouted, in a Senate Chamber Meeting on Wednesday, after a bipartisan proposal to expand background checks on gun sales was defeated.

Vice President Joe Biden was presiding over the Senate and called for order following this exclamation and the women were later expelled from the Capitol, according to CNN News.

One of the women was Patricia Maisch, of Tucson, Arizona, explained that she yelled at the senators because she had helped to disarm a gunman during the 2011 Tucson shooting by taking a loaded gun magazine from the hands of Jared Loughner, who shot former Rep. Gabby Giffords and several other people, according to CNN. 

"They are an embarrassment to this country that they don't' have any compassion or care for people who have been taken brutally from their families," Maisch said of the Senators.

As she explained her reasoning, Maisch held up a photo of Federal Judge, John Roll, who was killed in the shooting in Tucson.

Maisch was not the only person who experienced gun-related tragedy that was upset by this defeat.  The other woman was Lori Hass, from Richmond Virginia, whose daughter, Emily, was shot during the Virginia Tech Massacre but managed to survive, according to CNN.

"We are sick and tired of the death in this country and these legislators stand up there and think it's a bunch of numbers. There's been 187,000 Americans killed since Virginia Tech. My daughter was shot and injured six years ago yesterday. It's a shame, it's appalling, it's disgusting," she told CNN.

 President Obama was also very angry about the passing of the bill.  He was quoted saying, "The gun lobby and it's allies willfully lied about the bill," according to The Sydney Morning Herald. 

"Mr. Obama placed the blame on Republicans and lobbyists for gun manufacturers for rejecting the measure in defiance of the will of a majority of the public. He vowed to press on to get gun legislation passed," according to The Sydney Morning Herald.

'"This is a pretty shameful day for Washington,' President Obama during a press conference on Wednesday afternoon outside of the White House, where he stood flanked by former congresswoman Gabby Giffords and parents of Newtown victims," according to an article posted at commondreams.org.

This proposal was significantly weakened compared to proposals in the past and would have required instant criminal background checks for guns bought online and at gun shows, according to the Common Dreams article.

The proposal was defeated by a vote of 54-46, with 60 votes needed to see it pass.  A handful of Democrats joined the majority of Republicans in opposition to the proposal, according to The Sydney Morning Herald.