columbine felt unfathomable. that became the inflection point for the nra which this time didn't pause for self-reflection. rather like after columbine, it committed itself further to the cause of widespread firearm ownership. then nra executive vice president wayne la pierre held a press event and provided this message. >> the only way to stop a monster from killing our kids is to be personally involved and invested in a plan of absolute protection. the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. >> that's it. that's iconic now. that's the message. recite it. that's the message the nra wanted to push after sandy hook. more guns. add more guns equals more safety. add more guns to society. there's a bad guy but add a good guy. they will shoot each other. that will be safer. not a message of moderation, control over deadly weapons. rather, return to the state of nature in which problems are solved with interpersonal violence. this put the nra, which cultivated ties in both sides of the aisl

columbine at the time was one of the worst mass shootings in history. the dilemma that the organization faced. >> the same period where they're going to be burying these children we're going to be having media within 10 miles of on our convention center, the world's media, trying to run through the exhibit hole, looking at kids fondling firearms, which is going to be a horrible, horrible, horrible juxtaposition. >> they can be heard disparaging some of their own members. >> the other problem is holding a member meeting without an exhibit hall. >> yeah. >> the people you are most likely to get in that member meeting with out exhibit hall are the nuts. >> i made that point earlier. i agree. the fruitcakes are going to is show up. . >> you're going to have the whackos with all kind of crazy resolutions with all kinds of, of dressing like a bunch of hill billies and idiots. . >> cnn reach out to the nra, and the people you have just heard, we have not heard back. npr's tim mack, his new book is called "misfire, inside the downfall of the nra." i wonder, tim

columbine and shootings at the high school were the start of the modern era of more common school shootingses of this strategy over time as the nra responds to other school shootings. >> actually, to that point, let put up this graphic we pulled together. here is what they said in 2007 after virginia tech. this is not a time for political discussions or public policy debates. in 2012 after babies basically were shot at sandy hook, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a give up. and then after the parkland shootings in 2018, many in legacy media love mass shootings, which tim, sounds very much like what charlton heston said, what was that? back in 9 9. >> that's right, the nra went back behind the scenes of what is happening. there is a really interesting story told in both these tapes and in my book "misfire" which goes into what happens behind that curtain and a lot of the personalities inside the nra over the last decade, the nra is in an enormous amount of trouble facing financial challenges in 2018 and almost couldn't make payroll and now it's facing legal c

from wayne lapierre after sandy hook and it is really interesting to kind of see the echos from columbinef discuss how the nra came up with that line that you had wayne lapierre speaking to. and kind of the alarm that that position created actually within the nra itself. there are a lot of folks who didn't believe and agree in that sentiment. >> and one of the last things that i found most striking is how they talked about some of their own members. they called them whackos, hillbillies and idiots. and i can't imagine that going well with their membership. sadly it seemed as if they knew that the tension that they were creating among some individuals that were gun object owners were going to impact and who knew that they were forecasting what is happening now. tim mak, thank you. his book is in stores now. >>> don't go anywhere, straight ahead, senator mazie hirono will join the conversation. we'll break down biden's agenda and a lot more. another hour of "velshi" starts right now. >>> good morning, it is 9:00 a.m. in the east coast and 6:00 a.m. in the west. i'm into for ali velshi.

but, they kind of eventually land on what they ultimately decide after columbine, but also it echoes for many years to come with -- imagining that it would become more sad. and that's only if they see anything. that's kind of accepting responsibility. >> right. >> that is the setback, it is some level of complicity. and that's what you hear. over the course of these hours of tape, inside the room. >> i want to play another part of this tape. because one of the things that i think there are a would say about people like me or people like in the, quote, liberal media. you look down on good red bullet god fearing americans who love their second amendment rights. you have condescension towards. them so i want to play, you would former president. maybe we can do have massager, we take on the exhibit, hall we don't know part of the conference, we let the members, me and she makes a, point oh no, if you do that you are going to have a problem. listen to what she says. >> if you pull down the exhibit hall, that's not going to leave anything for the media except the members meeting. and you a

former presidents bush after the us—led invasion of iraq when he won best documentary for bowling for columbinepeech at the critics' choice documentary awards in 2018. to pick up a camera and fight the power, make your voice heard and stop this senseless war. thank you and goodnight. and that was the end of the speech! marlon brando sent a native american actress to decline his best actor award in 1973 for the godfather in order to protest at the treatment of native americans in hollywood. we want to show that the oscars history is connected to social and political history, that it does not exist outside of the realms of real life. so that's not all that we have in that gallery, but those strike us as significant moments to remind ourselves that an awards show is not just about the awards, but about the society in which they are awarded. what do you think of the oscars looking back on both the good on the bad things that they've done? i think, you know, if they made this museum five years ago, it would have been a very different thing, celebratory about the oscars, and this is a late period bit

he originally called it the columbine. and at times eisenhower who had gotten a pilots license would actually take the controls. at times he actually flew the plane. he was an extremely competent guy. eisenhower did do some traveling. made some speeches around the country. even did some television. one thing he didn't do though, in the 1950s was live press conferences. there was pressure from the press for him to do live press conferences. and he was resistant to that. because he thought that he might inadvertently reveal national security information. now you may wonder why was he so paranoid and sensitive about national security information? well he's been the commander of american forces in world war ii. when you have gone toe to toe with hitler you kind of get sensitive about those things. but he did end up having recorded press conferences. and they worked pretty well. and he was good at'em. we don't think of eisenhower as a great orator or somebody particularly expert in domestic policy but the guy read his briefing

begins making greater use of what we would today call air force one, he originally called it the columbineat those times, eisenhower, who had a pilots license, sometimes he actually flew the plane. he was an extremely competent guy. so eisenhower did do some traveling. made some speeches around the country, even in some television. one thing he didn't do, though, in the 1950,'s was live press conferences. there is pressure from the press for him to do live press conferences and he was resistant to that. because, he thought, he might inadvertently reveal national security information. now, you may wonder why he was so paranoid insensitive about national security information. well, he had been commander of american forces in world war ii. and when you go toe to toe with hitler, you get kind of sensitive about those things. but he did end up having recorded press conferences. and they worked pretty well. he was good at them. we don't think of eisenhower as a great orator or somebody who is particularly expert in this domestic policy, but the guy read his briefing book, he knew his stuff. he d

i believe there were two cops in the school in columbine.that, but my point is you having been a cop, what can an unsuspecting deputy in that moment do in the minutes and seconds when a 15-year-old, you know, bent on a massacre comes in with a semiautomatic rifle. >> well, regardless of age or background, somebody that has a pre-meditated and calculated focus on hurting somebody, the only way we get ahead of that is by knowing the information ahead of time or having some early warning system where we can get better data at the right time to make better decisions and have a more proactive approach. and you have heard me talk about this before. it's talking about how we take law enforcement in this country from a reactive solution to a proactive solution, and that's where i think the broader conversation needs to be focused around, especially on the other side of things like thcis. the other thing i'll say when we think about gun activists in this country, it's all good until it touches your home, your family or one of your loved ones, and we

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i represent columbine families, the peter shooting. we have taken more of the brunt of the gun violence crisis here in colorado. the problem remains the filibuster, to be honest with you. over 90% of americans want common sense gun violence legislation but the civil procedure, specifically the filibuster is preventing that to happen. i am calling on colleagues to preform the filibuster so we can get common sense things done because the rule should not prevent a common sense change that a vast majority of americans continue to call for and there is a lot of energy around. >> we spend a lot of time talking about the filibuster in the context of voting rights legislation. but this is something that has been front burner for 80% of americans who would like to see the current laws changed, to do something. i was wondering what your personal feelings are about the fact that gun safety legislation isn't mentioned as often as voting rights as the reason to reform the filibuster. >> you know, i want to be clear, as the congressman said, not all

for i am not ashamed, which was based on the story of rachel scott who was the first victim of the columbine attacks. the film focused on her fait and how it helped in her life. so why would you remove this film trailer and block its distributor from being on your site and you did this for 11 months. you did not put the trailer bac up until a hollywood reporter called and said, why have you done this? do you have an answer on that one? >> senator, i'm sorry, but i'm not familiar with that specific -- senator blackburn. : ok, then let's review this. and we sub it in -- submit the documentation that i had sent over to me. ms. stout, over to you . we had an issue in memphis with a 48-year-old man who was on your site. re-- he related to a 16-year-old memphis teenage. he claimed to be a music producer and he lured her into this relationship. one of the news articles recently called snapchat the app of choice for sexual predators. this is something that is of tremendous concern. much of it, from what i understand from talking to mom's and grandmom's is they use the snap map location service . i k