NBC News Mischaracterizes Gun Laws To Undermine…Biden?

By Tom Knighton

AP Photo/Frank Franklin II

Former Vice President Joe Biden is set to announce his candidacy for president later this week. Due to his status as Obama’s vice president, he almost has to be considered something of a frontrunner. This despite Biden’s historically weak performance in national campaigns.

Then again, the same could be said of Hillary Clinton, and some think she’d win the nomination a second time, so who knows.

With a crowded 2020 field for the Democrats, there are more names than anyone can shake a stick at. They range from Kamala “Executive Order” Harris and Eric “Nuke ’em All” Swalwell to Miramar, Florida Mayor Wayne Messam.

Well, it seems the media is ready to start helping to winnow down the candidates. To do that, it decided to go after Biden for working on pro-gun legislation, also blatantly mischaracterizing it.

As Biden prepares to launch his 2020 presidential run on Thursday, guns are an area of his decades-long record in public life in which the former vice president has been consistently in line with the values of today’s Democratic Party.

But still, potential political dangers lurk, even on his signature issue — and that’s a vote …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms