Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130503:05:14:00
The part about assault weapons was an amendment. the main actual bill was called the public safety and second amendment protection act. like the bill was written specifically to be all about background checks and prohibiting anything like a registry. so the way it was written, protected people like toomey, even with gun owners. so to vote against something that moderate, that compromised-laden, makes people look extreme. >> ej deion, the nra's enemy's list, and the last words friends list. joy reid, thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> and the in-studio version of sam stein, teaching me ...