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MrWendel

(1,881 posts)
Tue Jan 12, 2016, 10:40 AM Jan 2016

In Defending Controversial Gun Vote, Bernie Sanders Proposes A Measure That Already Exists

His opponent Hillary Clinton has increasingly used Sanders' mixed record on gun control legislation to contrast the two.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-guns_56946081e4b09dbb4bac619b



WASHINGTON -- Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Monday attempted to defend his controversial vote to protect gun producers and sellers from legal liability if a gun is used in a crime, but proposed a revision to the law that already exists.

His opponent Hillary Clinton has increasingly used his mixed record on gun control legislation to draw a contrast between the two, highlighting his vote in 2005 to give manufacturers immunity from lawsuits if a gun is used for criminal purposes, including mass shootings.

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In Defending Controversial Gun Vote, Bernie Sanders Proposes A Measure That Already Exists (Original Post) MrWendel Jan 2016 OP
OOPSIE riversedge Jan 2016 #1
Irony. tazkcmo Jan 2016 #2
No, no... MrWendel Jan 2016 #3

tazkcmo

(7,304 posts)
2. Irony.
Tue Jan 12, 2016, 10:49 AM
Jan 2016

Your apparent support for Camp Weathervane then reading your sig line.

"A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything." - Malcolm X

Thanks for starting my day out with a laugh!

MrWendel

(1,881 posts)
3. No, no...
Tue Jan 12, 2016, 11:44 AM
Jan 2016

thank you. Do you usually copy and paste reused taglines?

And that "Man" ain't Saint Bernard.

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