GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE, OR DO THEY?

[HairOfTheDog]

Bernie Sanders is not budging on his opposition to victims of gun violence suing gun manufacturers, which Hillary Clinton strongly supports. Hillary claims that means Bernie cares more about gun manufacturers than violent crime victims, to which Bernie says, "pfft."


Yesterday, while campaigning in New York, she took aim at Sanders on gun control again ^. She said that Sanders' state of Vermont is responsible for the majority of "guns that commit crimes in New York" per capita.

I don't know if guns coming from Vermont (laxer gun control) really constitute the majority of those used in crimes in New York (stricter gun control). Regardless, those guns aren't committing the crimes, the criminals in New York are committing the crimes. Big difference, in my opinion. But, she managed to paint Sanders as soft on gun crime and also make the guns, not the New York criminals, responsible for New York gun crime.

I'm interested to see how Bernie addresses the issue at their Brooklyn debate this week. I hope he's clearer and more prepared to explain his position than he was in their first debate. I think Bernie's position on gun control is more logical and above-board than Hillary's.