Bill Clinton makes midterm pitch for gun control

Before this year, the last bit of federal gun control passed was the 1994 Assault Weapon Ban, passed under then-President Bill Clinton.

As a result of that passage, at least in part, the midterm elections that followed were a proverbial bloodbath for Democrats. They lost control of the House–for the first time since 1950, it should be noted–and Senate and it was a slog for the president to get anything passed.

And that was well before today’s hyperpartisanship.

Despite that, Clinton is once again trying to push for gun control.