stephen barton is a survivor of the aurora movie theater shooting.art of his work mayors against illegal guns. >> thanks for having me. >> first of all the idea that the nra is now fighting i guess it's not a surprise that the nra would be fighting back against new york. what's your reaction? >> i mean, like you said, not a surprise, but i mean historically assault weapons bans have been held up in similar laws as new york enacted has been held up as constitutional by the courts. >> stephen you were in a meeting yesterday with the vice president, correct? >> that's correct. >> and the vice president was meeting with mayor michael bloomberg, also survivors of newtown. essentially vowing to keep this fight on for the assault weapons ban. that's what we heard from him publicly. do you think there's going to be any chance that this assault weapons ban will get through congress. behind the scene was it more discouraged? what was the discussion like? >> not at all. the vice president was being realistic about the chances of this particular piece of legisla