he was traveling with lee oryan in jonestown in 197, and jim jones' followers opened fire on them onhe airstrip. >> i've been shot with a gun similar to what was used in newtown. >> reporter: 35 years later, this exhibit is a direct response to the newtown connecticut massacre and the gun control debate it's spawned. >> because i think our trauma is borne individually and in very difficult ways. >> reporter: this artist did a work cause simply lost. >> there's words that say look for the light, which comes from william cohen's anthem. it talks about in every door there's a crack of light. from this dark loss, we can look into the light, and find, you know, the future. >> reporter: for one artist, this debate is not for or again. >> i was brought up using guns. >> reporter: brian peet rho comes from a family of hunters in central pennsylvania. >> we can talk about what is proper use and improper use. >> reporter: american art has often been vocal and radical. kraus says it's supposed to be openly political, to motivate public opinion, stir the debate, a constitutional conversation arg

. >> the feds are worried about another jonestown, where 900 members of a religious cult died in a suicidet in 1978 with cyanide-laced kool-aid. a serious concern when koresh quotes the book of revelations with its prophecy of violence in the final days. >> so here we are in the day of the lord. all the prophets talk about the great and dreadful day of the lord. when god will make inquisition for blood. >> that's not today, david. >> oh, it is. >> trying to find common ground, the agent talks about huge stockpiles of meals ready to eat, mres. >> what's your favorite one? i ate one of those yesterday. >> beef stew. >> beef stew? >> that's the only good one there. >> i like the apple sauce they have. >> oh, yeah, that's good. >> reporter: surreal considering the bloodshed. but some children are being sent out, including sheila martin's three youngest. >> i said, life is never going to be the same. we are -- this whole situation had changed our whole life. >> reporter: meanwhile in the wake of the atf debacle, the u.s. justice department sends in the fbi. there are two teams. a heavily armed