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Bernie Sanders addresses gun control record in effort to soothe Democrats
Source: The Guardian
Bernie Sanders addresses gun control record in effort to soothe Democrats
Presidential candidate addresses issue at Colorado rally and in NBC interview
Advocates ‘commonsense approaches’ and focus on mental health care
Martin Pengelly in New York
Sunday 11 October 2015 14.00 BST
Bernie Sanders has used an appearance before a large crowd in Colorado and an NBC interview to continue his attempt to reassure voters in the Democratic primary about his position on gun control.
“I am not going to tell you that everybody in America agrees with everyone on these ideas,” he told a crowd of 9,000 in Boulder on Saturday afternoon, a day after he spoke to more than 10,000 in Tucson, Arizona.
“But I will you tell you that poll after poll tells us that gun owners and non-gun owners believe in commonsense approaches which make sure that we keep guns out of the hands of people who should not have those guns.”
Sanders has come under scrutiny since the shooting dead of nine people at Umpqua community college in Roseburg, Oregon on 1 October returned gun control to the headlines. The state he represents as an independent senator, Vermont, has some of the most lax gun control laws in the country. As his rivals in both parties have pointed out, his voting record on gun control legislation is varied.
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Presidential candidate addresses issue at Colorado rally and in NBC interview
Advocates ‘commonsense approaches’ and focus on mental health care
Martin Pengelly in New York
Sunday 11 October 2015 14.00 BST
Bernie Sanders has used an appearance before a large crowd in Colorado and an NBC interview to continue his attempt to reassure voters in the Democratic primary about his position on gun control.
“I am not going to tell you that everybody in America agrees with everyone on these ideas,” he told a crowd of 9,000 in Boulder on Saturday afternoon, a day after he spoke to more than 10,000 in Tucson, Arizona.
“But I will you tell you that poll after poll tells us that gun owners and non-gun owners believe in commonsense approaches which make sure that we keep guns out of the hands of people who should not have those guns.”
Sanders has come under scrutiny since the shooting dead of nine people at Umpqua community college in Roseburg, Oregon on 1 October returned gun control to the headlines. The state he represents as an independent senator, Vermont, has some of the most lax gun control laws in the country. As his rivals in both parties have pointed out, his voting record on gun control legislation is varied.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/11/bernie-sanders-democrat-gun-control-record
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