Voters Raise Concerns About Bernie Sanders’ Record On Guns

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36. also keep in mind

that the state he represents, Vermont, while having a rate high rate of gun ownership has a low rate of homicide. He is there to represent their interests, which involve them keeping their guns. It's the same problem Howard Dean ran into when he was running and he tried to distinguish rural gun owners from the city gun violence. This is probably the one aspect of his candidacy I am not as comfortable with as the others, but when you look at a state like Vermont, I certainly understand why he has tried to represent his constituents, even if I don't agree with it.

and yes, some of Western Europe has much tighter gun controls, and a lot less gun violence. I don't think will ever reach that level of control in this country. It won't be because of Bernie, it will be because of the stranglehold of the NRA. I also think he realizes that as President, he would have to have everyone in mind, and not just his constituents in a rural state where people tend to have a lot of guns.