In New Ad, Everytown For Gun Safety Targets McConnell, Senate GOP

By Cam Edwards

AP Photo/John Locher

We’re now less than two weeks away from the U.S. Senate’s return from its August recess, and gun control groups are starting to ramp up their messaging to members in an attempt to get “something” passed once lawmakers return. The Michael Bloomberg-funded anti-gun group Everytown For Gun Safety has launched a series of ads targeting Senators Marco Rubio and Cory Gardner, as well as one ad specifically aimed at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

The ad starts with a litany of newscasters delivering breaking news about shootings going back to the murders in Aurora, Colorado in 2012 and continuing through the attacks in El Paso and Dayton, with urgent and discordant music swelling underneath before it abruptly stops.

Stark white letters appear over a black background: “THIS HAS TO STOP”, while a voice intones “It seems like every day there’s another shooting. This isn’t normal. It’s time our elected officials did something about it.”

We see quick flashes of gun control advocates protesting before the video cuts to a black and white picture of McConnell.

“Tell Mitch McConnell to stand up to the gun lobby and pass bipartisan background checks and red flag laws to keep …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms