Bernie Sanders doesn't like being asked about his record on guns
http://hotair.com/archives/2018/02/19/video-bernie-sanders-doesnt-like-asked-record-guns/
In the wake of the Florida school shooting, the media is lining up the usual suspects and grilling them as to where they stand on new gun control laws. Yesterday it was Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders' turn when he talked to Chuck Todd on Meet the Press. Unfortunately for Sanders, Chuck had the audacity to remind him of some of his (on the record) comments after the Sandy Hook shooting, when Bernie was not running for President and had a bit more sensible approach to the subject. At the time, as Chuck reminded him, he was quoted as saying, "If you passed the strongest gun control legislation tomorrow, I don't think it will have a profound effect on the tragedies we have seen."
Having his previous comments quoted back to him didn't go over very well with Sanders at all. He basically cut off Chuck Todd in mid-question and began haranguing him about his gun grabbing bona fides. The video below is less than two minutes long but packed with action the whole way through. ...
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Sanders went on a bit more from there, going so far as to dredge up the long discredited but highly popular Democratic claim that "40% of guns are sold without a background check." It's amazing to me that we're still hearing that one today, particularly considering that even Politifact rated it as flatly false last year. (The actual number is estimated to be as low as 14% and that includes sales and transfers between family members.) ...
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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