Opposition In Aurora Mayor’s Race Proves Anti-Gun Pettiness

By Tom Knighton

There’s bound to be some politicians you wouldn’t vote for to fill any office. “I wouldn’t elect them dog catcher,” is a common refrain, at least around my neck of the woods. It’s perfectly acceptable to feel that way about some folks, too. I think we all do it.

Yet it’s quite another when someone who loses a federal office decides to run for a local race, yet a powerful group who helped him lose that congressional seat decides to go after him yet again.

Oh, that never happens? I guess Mike Coffman can rest easy then.

A gun control group that helped oust Mike Coffman from Congress last year is now targeting the Republican as he runs for Aurora mayor.

Though that office is officially nonpartisan, a new digital ad that’s launching Wednesday draws on the National Rifle Association’s past support for Coffman to urge voters to reject him as the city’s next leader. It’s paid for by Giffords PAC, a group created by former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords that supports Omar Montgomery, a Democrat, in the open five-way race.

The group says its $50,000 digital ad buy for the 30-second spot is targeted at motivating registered Democrats who are …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms