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Hillary Clinton pledges to fight gun violence 'epidemic' at Milwaukee event
At gathering focused on gun control and police brutality, Democratic frontrunner is joined by ‘mothers of movement’, including Sandra Bland’s Hillary Clinton promised to continue to fight for tougher gun control on Tuesday during a campaign event that paid tribute to the victims of gun violence and police brutality.
“The epidemic of gun violence spares no one, but it is concentrated in areas that are short on hope,” Clinton said on Tuesday during a panel discussion on gun violence at Tabernacle Community Baptist church in Milwaukee.
Clinton has made gun control a pillar of her campaign. She has called for strengthening background checks and closing a number of loopholes that enable unmonitored gun sales, while promising to take on the National Rifle Association – a lobby group, she reminds voters, that holds near-supreme power in some parts of Washington.
“This needs to be a voting issue,” Clinton said of the fight to tighten gun laws. “Not number 20 on the list, number one on the list.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/29/hillary-clinton-gun-control-police-violence-sandra-bland-wisconsin
“The epidemic of gun violence spares no one, but it is concentrated in areas that are short on hope,” Clinton said on Tuesday during a panel discussion on gun violence at Tabernacle Community Baptist church in Milwaukee.
Clinton has made gun control a pillar of her campaign. She has called for strengthening background checks and closing a number of loopholes that enable unmonitored gun sales, while promising to take on the National Rifle Association – a lobby group, she reminds voters, that holds near-supreme power in some parts of Washington.
“This needs to be a voting issue,” Clinton said of the fight to tighten gun laws. “Not number 20 on the list, number one on the list.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/29/hillary-clinton-gun-control-police-violence-sandra-bland-wisconsin
Contrary to the right-wing gun lobby's claim that gun control is a losing political stance, both the Democratic Party platform, and the Democratic presidential nominee strongly support legislation aimed at reducing the gun violence epidemic in this nation.
Support Hillary Clinton, and Democrats at all levels of government who are not under the influence of the right-wing gun lobby, and Second Amendment absolutists.