I'm not a historian, but they were very pro gun control legislation.

The Brady Bill finally came into existence in 1993 after a long fight with gun rights opponents over it's provisions. Interesting enough it was the Pro-gun side that wanted the background checks we currently have included.

The "assault weapon ban" was passed in 1994. Some political pundits blame that legislation for the Democrats losing control of congress.

President Clinton also signed an executive order that made all gun dealers "have a storefront", thus adding a huge expense to gun dealers and especially gunsmiths who had a machine shop in their basement. FFL's fell Approx. 80% in the decade after this order.

Basically, the views then echoed the recent views held. Although there was a mellowing of the views or at least less of a desire to push them after backlash was felt from the AWB, and that could be a possibility again after the results from the recent election.