Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20121219:17:36:00
That we're going to be serious about making sure that something like newtown or aurora doesn't happen again. and there is a big chunk of space between what, you know, the second amendment means and having no rules at all. and that space is what joe's going to be working on to try to identify where we can find some common ground. so i've got -- i'm going to take one last question. go ahead, jay. >> reporter: it seems, to a lot of observers, that you made the political calculation in 2008 and 2012 not to talk about gun violence. you had your position on renewing the ban on semi-automatic rifles,...