Guns add to debate in key races for U.S. Senate seats from Indiana, Missouri (VIDEOS)

By Chris Eger

Democrats Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Joe Donnelly of Indiana are in races considered a toss-up against Republican opponents who are in turn endorsed and backed by gun rights advocates. (Photo: Composite)
The National Rifle Association is digging deep to knock out entrenched red state Democrats Claire McCaskill and Joe Donnelly in next month’s mid-term elections.
McCaskill and Donnelly, both blue senators hailing from states that President Donald Trump won in 2016, are incumbents waging campaigns against well-funded Republicans to keep their seats in Washington. When it comes to gun policy, neither are endorsed by Giffords or Everytown while both are panned by the NRA for their position on how the Second Amendment should be interpreted.
On Trump’s Supreme Court nominees, both voted against Judge Brett Kavanaugh while McCaskill also voted against Judge Neil Gorsuch. Donnelly was one of four Dems who supported Gorsuch’s confirmation last year. Neither has signed on to support the Senate version of a rebooted federal assault weapons ban but they both stand by the bipartisan FixNICS bill. McCaskill is one of 41 Democrats that support Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s bump stock ban.
While the incumbent Democrats make points to include support for veterans, a strong national defense, the economy and

Source: Guns.com