Bernie Sanders has a Recently Bad Record on Gun Rights

By Harold Hutchison

Vermont/United States – -(AmmoLand.com)- Bernard Sanders has occupied a position on the left-wing fringe of American politics for over 30 years. However, he was, at times, a friend to those who lawfully and responsibly exercise their Second Amendment rights. That has changed, and Bernie has gone from a Second Amendment bro to just another extreme anti-Second Amendment zero.

Through the first half of the 1990s, Sanders actually stood with law-abiding gun owners for the most part. He opposed the Brady Act in 1993, and also backed instant background checks over waiting periods. He supported mandatory minimum sentences for the misuse of firearms in the commission of crimes. But on the same token, he not only backed the 1994 ban on modern multi-purpose semi-automatic firearms, he refused to support a 1996 repeal effort.

Perhaps nothing displayed his hot-and-cold attitude towards law-abiding gun owners more than his handling of the 1999 effort to effectively kill gun shows. He backed the 72-hour wait favored by Bill Clinton, opposed the NRA’s 24-hour alternative, then voted to kill the bill after the NRA’s alternative passed.

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