Gun Control Groups Announce Anti-Gun Candidate Forum

By Cam Edwards

The gun control groups Giffords and March For Our Lives have announced a candidate forum in Las Vegas this October, just a day after the two-year anniversary of the attack on the Las Vegas Strip that killed 58 people and injured hundreds more. Former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords says the forum offers Democrats running for president the opportunity to delve deeply into “gun reform”.

“If we’re serious about tackling the biggest problems facing our country, we need serious conversations about solutions,” she said in a statement.

David Hogg, a survivor of the last year’s shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, and co-founder of March for Our Lives, said the groups want to see the candidates in Las Vegas discuss “bold and holistic plans” that tackle all aspects of gun violence, including suicides and other shootings that don’t receive as much attention as mass attacks.

So far, the “boldest” plan we’ve seen comes from former candidate Eric Swalwell, who called for the banning and compensated confiscation of 15-million legally possessed AR-15’s. Something tells me that’s not going to be holistic enough for David Hogg and his fellow gun control advocates. Federal gun licensing schemes, like the one suggested …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms