Clinton pushes gun control, slams Sanders in New York City events

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http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/clinton-pushes-gun-control-slams-sanders-in-new-york-city-events/article/2588785

Clinton pushes gun control, slams Sanders in New York City events


Hillary Clinton attacked loose gun laws and her Democratic primary opponent on Sunday in her latest call for policies aimed at reducing gun violence.

"Guns are not the answer to anything," Clinton told a congregation at Grace Baptist Church in Mt. Vernon, New York, Tuesday, according to the New York Daily News."They are the answer to nothing except pain and heartbreak and ruined lives."

Clinton's appeal for stronger gun laws plays well in New York, which holds its presidential primary Tuesday. But she has also touted the issue more aggresively than Democratic candidates who mostly avoided the issue in the last four presidential campaigns. Clinton herself had less to say on gun violence during her 2008 campaign.

Clinton is appealing to Democrats whose views, polls show, have become more aligned in favor of regulating firearms. Suburban women and black voters tend to favor regulating guns. Clinton does well with both groups already, but she can press her edge further against Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont by highlighting the issue.


Clinton also appears to be betting that strong support in both parties for tougher background checks rules will make gun control an issue that at least does not hurt with with swing voters while helping to turnout out Democratic base voters in November.

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The gun issue is settled. Hillary is sucking up to liberal Dems.

Nobody else cares about guns.

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Clinton is appealing to Democrats whose views, polls show, have become more aligned in favor of regulating firearms.

That alone is enough for anyone with a streak of common sense to want to keep Hillary from gaining the White House.

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The gun issue is settled. Hillary is sucking up to liberal Dems.

Nobody else cares about guns.

The gun "issue" is never settled as long as liberals are in office and can appoint justices to the SCOTUS.

All of us who are gun owners care about gun rights and the 2nd Amendment.

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The gun "issue" is never settled as long as liberals are in office and can appoint justices to the SCOTUS.

All of us who are gun owners care about gun rights and the 2nd Amendment.

That is true enough; even those of us who don't currently own guns - perhaps most especially us - care about gun rights and the second amendment.