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In reply to the discussion: 2016: Bernie Sanders among top 25 of Congressional recipients of NRA donations [View all]lapucelle
(18,307 posts)And the NRA spent $20M to defeat the Democratic nominee in 2016. It's difficult to gauge a politician's actual commitment to a cause based on who gave them money during an election cycle. That's what makes a legislator's voting record so important.
Sane gun regulation that respects second amendment rights is a core Democratic party value. The gun control plank in our 2016 set forth concrete goals:
Preventing Gun Violence
...To build on the success of the lifesaving Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, we will expand and strengthen background checks and close dangerous loopholes in our current laws; repeal the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) to revoke the dangerous legal immunity protections gun makers and sellers now enjoy; and keep weapons of warsuch as assault weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines (LCAM's)off our streets.
It's a shame that swing voters weren't paying better attention in 2016.