CommonDreams.org: on Gun Control

Bernie Sanders: Ok to sue gun manufacturers if they sell for misuse

Clinton is attacking Sanders for refusing to support the Sandy Hook victims in their lawsuit against gun manufacturers. The reason Sanders opposes the lawsuit because he believes a gun manufacturer should not be criminalized for selling a product which is legal to sell to people. But Sanders would support the victims if they could prove the gun manufacturer knew the person they were selling a weapon to would misuse the weapon, like massacre people with it.

Hillary Clinton: 2008: Fondly recalled being taught to shoot by grandfather

However, in 2008, when Clinton ran against Obama, she sent out mailers attacking Obama's position on gun control. It was striking because Clinton had spent most of her career advocating for gun control. Yet, to compete against Obama, she dramatically shifted her stance and presented herself as a Second Amendment advocate, who "fondly recalled being taught to shoot by her grandfather in Scranton."

Now, Clinton has shifted away from talking about learning to shoot a gun to attacking Sanders for refusing to support the Sandy Hook victims in their lawsuit against gun manufacturers.