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Hillary Clinton ratcheted up her attacks on Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders gun control record Monday, capitalnewyork.com reports, telling a private gathering of state legislators near the State Capitol that many of the guns used by New York criminals come across the border from the Green Mountain State. Thats news to me. And to the Democratic lawmakers, lobbyists and other party stalwarts who gathered to hear the presumptive nominee pontificate. Such as Buffalo State Senator Tim Kennedy . . .
You know the Watergate thing, right? Must have two sources. Well, heres another one:
In 2014, out of 7,686 firearms recovered and traced in New York, only 55 were first purchased in Vermont, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Thats compared to 371 that came from Pennsylvania, 395 that were sourced to Virginia, and 386 from Georgia, government data shows.
http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2016/04/robert-farago/hillary-clinton-vermont-a-major-source-of-new-yorks-crime-guns/
HilLiary strikes again...
Hiraeth
(4,805 posts)You can rest assured.
Baobab
(4,667 posts)Just kidding!
Hiraeth
(4,805 posts)berningman
(144 posts)djean111
(14,255 posts)Or morals and scruples and principles.
bahrbearian
(13,466 posts)ViseGrip
(3,133 posts)Jarqui
(10,130 posts)ricocheted off the Statue of Liberty towards the East 34th St Heliport story.
Who can forget that?
astrophuss42
(290 posts)Guess she's looking to alienate those of us liberals who do believe in gun rights so she can drum up more outrage on behalf of those lost to someone experiencing mental illness symptoms. What was she going to do about that? The ACA did not fill that treatment gap.
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)n2doc
(47,953 posts)Tuesday, Gov. Peter Shumlin, a supporter of Clinton's, chalked up her comments-- in part-- to election year rhetoric.
"It is campaign season, therefore, things are sometimes said by all the candidates that sometimes aren't entirely accurate. I would just say this, I think you'd have a hard time convincing Vermonters that New York's crime problems are coming from Vermont," said Shumlin, D-Vermont.
Shumlin also said that there's no question that heroin in Vermont comes from out of state and is often brought in by New Yorkers.
http://www.wcax.com/story/31650376/clinton-claims-ny-criminals-get-guns-from-vt
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)With NY topping the list at 1397.
https://www.atf.gov/about/docs/report/new-york-firearms-trace-data-%E2%80%93-2014/download
winter is coming
(11,785 posts)Vermont guns are likely coming from:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=1660423
MisterP
(23,730 posts)n2doc
(47,953 posts)Really. Refute with other sources or stop clutching your pearls.
MisterP
(23,730 posts)Bernin4U
(812 posts)...isn't "many"?
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)We're parsing with the master parser... it isn't that Vermont isn't the source of 'many' guns, it's just that many-er came from PA and many-er more came from GA and VA.