Pro-O’Malley group to attack Sanders on gun control

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38. you ignore the wedge Bernie attempted against O'Malley's gun control stance in his NPR interview

...insinuating that 'urban' gun control advocates are somehow against 'rural' folks and their 'hunting' and 'target practice.'

Sanders: 'Urban America has got to respect what rural America is about,' including guns

Splitting with fellow Democratic presidential candidate Martin O'Malley, Sanders said on National Public Radio that urban candidates don't understand the cultural value and importance of gun ownership, adding that they are "terribly mistaken" if they think gun control will end violence.

"I think guns and gun control is an issue that needs to be discussed," he said on Thursday's Morning Edition. "Let me add to that, I think that urban America has got to respect what rural America is about, where 99 percent of the people in my state who hunt are law abiding people."

Following the Charleston, S.C. church slayings, O'Malley said "I'm pissed," and called for tough gun control. Hillary Clinton also endorsed a lesser form and White House spokesman Josh Earnest blasted the ownership of "assault weapons."

But Sanders, who represents a largely rural state, said gun control is not the answer to curbing violence.

"If anyone thinks that gun control itself is going to solve the problem of violence in this country, you're terribly mistaken. So, obviously, we need strong, sensible gun control and I will support it. But some people think it's going to solve all of our problems. It is not," he said.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/sanders-urban-america-has-got-to-respect-what-rural-america-is-about-including-guns/article/2566997

...so, let's get real. Who really hit first here?