O’Malley Goes After Sanders: Bernie Doesn’t Support ‘Common Sense’ Gun Reforms [View all]

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by Josh Feldman | 1:59 pm, October 6th, 2015

The Democratic race for the presidency is starting to heat up, and Martin O’Malley is targeting rival Bernie Sanders for not supporting “common sense” gun control measures.

Sanders’ views on gun control have not exactly been totally aligned with the Democratic party’s over the years. After Sandy Hook, he said passing the “strongest gun control legislation tomorrow” wouldn’t solve the issue, and when confronted recently by someone who said he sounds like the NRA, Sanders argued against blaming gun manufacturers for acts of gun violence.

When O’Malley was on Concord News Radio yesterday, he said of Sanders, “I think his opinions and his position on this are different than the mainstream of the Democratic Party.”

He said one of Sanders’ only accomplishments in Congress was getting immunity for gun manufacturers, saying, “I think he’s just of the opinion that there’s no reason we should have common sense gun safety requirements like background checks.”

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