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portlander23

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Tue Oct 27, 2015, 08:08 AM Oct 2015

Hillary Clinton Flip Flopped on Gun Control Too

Hillary Clinton is the new standard-bearer for gun control. So let’s look at her record.
Amber Phillips
Washington Post Aug 27

Senator: Ban assault weapons and create a federal registry

In 2000, while campaigning for a Senate seat in New York, Clinton supported legislation sponsored by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to license hand guns with photo-IDs.

2008 presidential campaign: Guns are 'part of our culture'

Aiming to appeal to more rural and moderate Democrats, she talked frequently on the campaign trail about how her father taught her to shoot and said hunting and shooting were "part of our culture" and "a way of life" in America.

At a 2008 Democratic primary debate in Las Vegas, Clinton backed off a national licensing registration plan, saying "I don't want the federal government preempting states and cities like New York that have very specific problems."

She said she believes in people's rights to bear arms and that she doesn't see "a contradiction between protecting 2nd Amendment rights’ and the effort to reduce crime."

She summarized her thoughts in a 2008 primary debate in Philadelphia:

"I respect the 2nd Amendment. I respect the rights of lawful gun owners to own guns, to use their guns," she said. "But I also believe that most lawful gun owners whom I have spoken with for many years across our country also want to be sure that we keep those guns out of the wrong hands. And as president, I will work to try to bridge this divide, which I think has been polarizing and, frankly, doesn’t reflect the common sense of the American people."

2016 presidential campaign: 'I will take on' gun control

In 2014 at a CNN town hall, she told an audience member she thinks reinstating the assault weapons ban and a ban high-capacity magazines would help limit gun violence.

"I was disappointed that the Congress did not pass universal background checks after the horrors of the shootings at Sandy Hook," she said.

Campaign aides told Rucker that she plans to continue to keep gun control in her stump speech but doesn't currently have any plans to release a gun-control policy.

If you're a gun-control supporter, you'll want to keep a close eye on her rhetoric.


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Hillary Clinton Flip Flopped on Gun Control Too (Original Post) portlander23 Oct 2015 OP
I guess you've seen the latest polls upaloopa Oct 2015 #1
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