Clinton campaign sharpens South Carolina focus on Sanders' gun votes

[book_worm]

More than eight months after the Charleston church shooting that killed nine, Hillary Clinton's campaign is focusing on Bernie Sanders' vote as a House lawmaker in the 1990s in support of an amendment to the Brady Bill backed by the National Rifle Association.

Clinton has frequently assailed the Vermont senator for his votes on guns and gun-related measures. On Tuesday, the campaign is set to unveil its latest line of attack ahead of Saturday's primary in South Carolina, dinging him again for his support of the amendment, which became known as the "Charleston loophole" after the June 2015 shooting. In that case, shooter Dylann Roof legally obtained his weapon despite the FBI acknowledging later that he should have failed his background check based on his charge on possession of a narcotic earlier in the year. The FBI said the purchase went through after clerical mistakes prevented the examiner from getting the report before the three days had expired.

“Without [the loophole], the FBI would have had more time to complete the Charleston shooter’s background check. He would have been denied his gun. And nine innocent people from South Carolina might still be alive," Clinton policy adviser Corey Ciorciari says in the video, shared first with POLITICO.


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[Thinkingabout]

1. This is a very important issue with me, the senseless gun violence is out of hand.

[Kang Colby]

2. In SC, I'm not sure this is a great idea. But she will still have time to pivot for the GE.

I trust her strategists, but gun control in the South is a tough sell.

[yallerdawg]

3. Pivot?

This is all about Republican intransigence on common sense gun measures.

This is not about a "Democratic" primary position.

[Kang Colby]

4. Fair enough, I won't debate that point here though.

Let's face it, there is almost nothing that Hillary can do that will hurt her in SC. She has it on lock!