Giffords Plays the Woman Card in her Crooked Column for Clinton

By Beth Baumann

Former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords is doing all she can to shovel Hillary Clinton into the White House to ensure gun control in America. Her latest attempt? Penning the OpEd “Our Safety Depends On Us Voting Down Trump & The Gun Lobby”

Leading her rationale, Giffords pointed out the fact that October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

What should we do about the loopholes in our laws that give domestic abusers and stalkers the option of buying a gun with no questions asked?

With 51 of America’s women murdered with a gun by their current or former partner every single month, it’s a national crisis that requires not only serious discussion, but action, too.

While quoting statistics from Everytown for Gun Safety, Giffords refuses to acknowledge what the NRA has said about the the failures in our background check system or that currently, only 38 states provide a mere 80 percent of felony convictions.

Right now, our federal laws say that people who are under restraining orders or have been convicted of domestic violence can’t buy or own guns; they can’t pass a criminal background check, which is required at licensed gun dealers. But in most states, those very same people have the …Read the Rest

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