fallon of maryland and albert bentley of michigan who was seriously injured. the gun wheelers and to their accomplices goes the -- in american history. >> it was the most violent act that ever occurred in the chamber. and there was debates right after that that we can't let this happen again. what we need to do is wall off the visitors gallery with bullet proof glass so that this can never happen again. and the more that members talked about that and thought about it, they said, no, that's a bad çó idea. this is the people's house. and the people can't be walled off from the floor and from what's going on there. >> the capital building is a symbol and that makes it a target. they mentioned the british burned the building in 1814. there was a bombing during world war i by a professor who was opposed to american support for the allies. there was the shooting in 1954. what happened in 1971 was a bomb by the underground opposed to the vietnam war. in 1983, there was another bombing on the senate side by a group opposed to president reagan's foreign policy. in 1998

kenneth roberts of alabama and albert bentley of michigan who was seriously injured. gun wielders and two. having perpetrated a criminal outrage almost unique in america's history. >> it was one of the most violent acts that ever occurred in the chamber. and there were debates right after this saying we can't let this happen again. we need to wall off the visitor's gallery with bullet proof glass so this could never happen again and the more the members talked about that and thought about it, they said that's a bad idea. this is the people's house and the people can't be walled off from the floor and from what's going on there. >> the capitol building is a symbol and that makes it a target. they mentioned the british burned the building in 1814. there was a bombing during world war i but a professor who was opposed to american support for the allies. there was the shooting in 1954. what happened in 1971 was a bomb set off by the weather underground opposed to the vietnam war. in the 1983 there was another bombing by a group opposed to president reagan's foreign policy

iowa, clifford davis of tennessee, kenneth roberts of alabama, george allen of maryland, and albert bentleywho was seriously injured. the gun wielders go the evil distinction of having perpetrated a criminal outrage almost unique in america's history. >> it was one of the most violent acts that ever occurred in the chamber. and there were debates right after that saying we cannot let this happen again, what we need to do is wall off the visitors gallery with the bulletproof glass. so this could never happen again. and the more the members talked about that and thought about it, they said, no, that is a bad idea. this is the people's house and the people can't be walled off from the for and what is going on there. >> the capital building is a simple and that makes it a target. they mentioned the british burned the building in 1814. there was a bombing during world war i by a professor who was opposed to american support for the allies. there was the shooting in 1954. what happened in 1971 was a bomb set up by the weather underground opposed to the vietnam war. in 1983, there was another bomb

of iowa, clifford davis of tennessee, kenneth roberts of alabama, george fallon of maryland, albert bentley of michigan, who was seriously injured. estimates of the numbers of shots fired range from 15 to 30. each bullet hole found is a grim reminder to those who were present, of the terrible surprise attack. the gang, seized by bystanders, was held at police headquarters as a search was launched for others who shared in the plot. all the members, the gun wielders and their accomplices does this distinction of perpetrating a criminal outrage unique in america's history. brian: what impact did that have? ray: a huge impact. but no lasting changes to the house. it was the most violent act that ever occurred in the chamber. there were debates right after that, we can't let this happen again. we need to wall off the visitors gallery with bulletproof glass so this can never happen again. the more the members talked about that and thought about it, they said, no, that is a bad idea. this is the people's house. the people can't be walled off from the floor and what is going on there. it was a cons

jenson, and albert bentley of michigan were two of those seriously injured. these people have the evil distinction of creating a criminal outrage unique in american history. >> it was one of the most violent acts that ever occurred in the chambers. there were debates right after that, and we can't let that happen again and we need to make sure that the visitors' gal lery is completely covered in bulletproof glass. and the senators -- the representatives talked about it and they said, no, this is the people's house. the capital is a symbol -- >> the capital is a symbol and therefore that makes it a target. there was a bombing during world war i, there was a shooting during 1954. what happened in 1971 there was a wrong set off by the weather underground, in 1983 there was another bombing in the senate side by a group opposed to president reagan's foreign policy. in 1998, there were two capital policeman shot and killed. there have been those incidents over time, and yet, the capital has remained a remarkably open building. >> senate historian emeritus don ritch

albert bentley, michigan, was seriously injured. the gunman had the distinction of perpetrating a criminal outrage almost unique in america's history. >> it was the most violent act that ever occurred in the chamber. there were debates right after that. you cannot let that happen again. we have to wall off the visitors gallery with bullet proof glass so that this can never happen again. the more that the members talked and thought about that, they said it was a bad idea. this is the people's house. the people cannot be walled off from the floor. >> the capitol building is a symbol. that makes it a target. they mentioned the british in 1814. there was a bombing during world war i. there was some shooting in 1954. what happened in 1971 was a bomb set off by the weather underground. there was another bombing by a senate spy in 1983 because of the reagan foreign policy. in 1988 there were two capitol police shot and killed. there have been those instances over time. and yet the capital has remained a remarkably open bit -- open building

clifford davis of tennessee kenneth roberts of alabama george h fallon of maryland and albert bentley of michigan, who was seriously injured. the gun wielders and their accomplishments have the distinction of having perpetrated a criminal outrage almost unique in american history. >> it was the most violent act that had ever occurred in the chamber, and there were debates right after that. we can't let this happen again. what we need to do is wall off the visitors gallery with bulletproof glass so this can never happen again. the more the members talked about that and thought about it, they said no that's a bad idea. this is the people's house, and the people can't be walled off. the capitol building is a symbol, and that makes it a target. there was a bombing during world war i by a fellow who was supposed to american support for the allies. there was a shooting in 1954. what happened in 1971 was a bomb set off by the weather underground, opposed the vietnam war. a bombing by a group who didn't agree with president reagan's foreign policy. in 1998 two capitol policeman killed. there

ben jensen of iowa, clifford davis of tennessee albert bentley of michigan, who was seriously injured. the gun wielders have the evil distinction of having perpetrated a criminal average almost unique in american history. flex the most violent act that ever occurred in the chamber. there were debates right after that, that we can't let this happen again, and we need to wall off the visitor's gallery with bulletproof glass so this could never happen again. the more members talked about that and thought about it, they said, that's a bad idea. this is the people's house and people can't be walled off from the floor and what's going on. the capitol building is a simple and that makes it -- symbol and that makes it a target. the british burned the building in 1814. there was a bombing in world war i by a professor who disagreed with support for the allies. in 1979, a bomb set off by the weather underground. 1983, another bombing by a group opposed to reagan's foreign policy. in 1998, two policemen shot and killed. there have been instances over time yet the capitaol has remained a remarkab