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TexasTowelie

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Thu Aug 25, 2016, 03:59 AM Aug 2016

Gun-control group backs McGinty; she says she'll work with hunters

Picking up the backing of the gun-control group CeaseFirePA in a war of endorsements, Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Katie McGinty pledged Wednesday to work with Pennsylvania sportsmen and hunters on gun measures if she is elected.

McGinty said her Republican rival, Sen. Pat Toomey, views gun control "as a political calculation, as compared to a matter of principle," and slammed him for not acting on gun measures since he and Sen. Joe Manchin (D., W. Va.) cosponsored a failed bill for background checks in 2013.

"I would bring responsible sportsmen and hunters from Pennsylvania to the table and work with them to bring new partners [and] alliances, and frankly, defuse the vitriol from this issue," McGinty told reporters in a conference call.

Her remarks came two days after Toomey, who is seeking a second term, was endorsed by Americans for Responsible Solutions, the gun-safety group founded by former Rep. Gabby Giffords, the Arizona Democrat shot in the head during a gunman's 2011 rampage. Toomey also has been endorsed by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his gun-control-focused PAC, Independence USA.

Read more: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20160825_Gun-control_group_backs_McGinty__she_says_she_ll_work_with_hunters.html

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