Clinton, Trump seize on guns

By Patriot Outdoor News

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are focusing heavily on guns, believing the divisive issue will energize base voters in their respective parties and help them capitalize on their front-runner status as they fight to take the White House in 2016.

Clinton has openly mulled a national gun buyback program and has sought to draw a distinction between herself and liberal rival Bernie Sanders, who has, in the past, opposed some of the gun control measures championed by the left.

Trump, having reversed course on his past positions, has accused President Obama of plotting to confiscate Americans’ guns and is seeking to convince skeptical conservatives that he can be trusted on the issue.

Both candidates believe they’ll benefit from focusing on the hot-button topic in the wake of the mass shootings in Oregon and South Carolina that have re-energized activists on both sides.

“You’re seeing this injected into the campaigns in a way I don’t think we’ve seen before,” said Mark Prentice, the communications director for Americans for Responsible Solutions, the gun control reform group started by former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-Ariz.) and her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly.

That’s especially true on the Democratic side: An analysis by The Trace found that there were more …Read the Rest

Source:: Patriot Outdoor News