It's terrible. Listen, there was a president named Bill Clinton who had the guts to stand up on these issues. He did it in 1993, signing the Brady law. 1994, he had another law, as assault weapons ban. Then he came up on a smart -- on a bullet law, three laws. And he got reelected. He showed some leadership. We don't see that today.
David Gergen contrasts Bill Clinton's leadership on gun control with the current political climate.
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