does come to the floor for a vote, it would be the first vote on an assault weapons ban in nearly three decades. you can see the rally in support of that ban this past wednesday. it s on your screen now and a spate of mass killings, including buffalo, uvalde and highland park. the last assault weapons ban was signed into law in 1994 but was allowed to expire in 2004. and in buffalo today, an emotional step for the community forever changed by that mass shooting. the tops supermarket where a gunman opened fire is now open again for the first time since the shooting two months ago. the suspected shooter, a white teen-ager, killed ten black people. prosecutors say specifically targeting a place where blacks shopped. thursday he was indicted on 27 federal hate crimes and firearms charges. msnbc s tremaine lee joins me from the newly reopened tops
going to benefit and why is this going to benefit and who would it benefit the most and who is going to benefit from having it reopened? reporter: a lot of folks question the timing of this opening and say not enough community voices were raised in deciding when this shop would open. but i spoke to one woman, a cousin of one of the victims who stood outside by that memorial behind me and said my cousin would have wanted buffalo to stand up, stand strong and move forward and open that store, chris. thank you so much for your reporting. appreciate it. this week on into america, tremain will talk to two shooting survivors. make sure to join us for chris jansing reports every weekend. up next, katy tur reports.
supermarket prp i can only imagine there must be mixed emotions there today. chris, you got that right. folks streaming into the supermarket today will find stocked shelves, completely renovated and on the wall waterfall with a poem on it memorializing the dead here. you and i know well communities suffering grief and trauma take a while to process that grief and trauma. just two months after ten people were killed here they re opening those doors. i ve been talking to folks, like pastor tim newkirk who says folks here, it s going to take time to understand the gravity of this moment. let s listen to what he had to say. you know, the mixed emotions that is going through this day because this day specifically is letting the community and the city of buffalo that the wheels are turning. so i m processing everything and i m asking myself how is this