Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130413:12:25:00
I love looking at old newspaper headlines to put in context modern debates. in got to go back to may 1994. 19 years ago the set up for this is a few months before this, the brady bill the five day waiting period was enacted. democratic house, democratic senate. in may '94, relatively young democratic congressman from new york chuck schumer pushes through the house a ban on assault weapons. look at these headlines. the nra has been beaten. charles schumer vanquishing the nra with assault weapons ban. there's one about the nra taking it in the gut. this was supposed to be the turning point. temp...