‘Real Time’s’ Maher Warns Dems To Back Off On Gun Control

By Tom Knighton

The host of HBO’s “Real Time” isn’t likely to become a board member of the National Rifle Association any time soon. However, he does claim to be a gun owner. The left-leaning host is the kind of guy who is usually saying things that will infuriate the average Bearing Arms reader when he pontificates on whatever.

However, Maher had a piece of advice to Democrats battling for the presidential nomination, and it’s one that a lot of Dems aren’t going to want to hear.

“Real Time” host Bill Maher cautioned Democrats not to make gun control a prominent issue in the 2020 election, urging them not to “die on this hill” if it means losing to President Trump.

During his panel discussion Friday night, Maher listed several issues on which Democrats’ stands poll better than Republicans,’ such as the environment, education and health care. But he noted that Republicans hold a narrow lead over Democrats on gun policy.

Maher then mentioned President Trump’s recent sit-down with British TV personality Pierce Morgan, where the president mentioned that some people own guns for recreational use.

“I don’t like guns. Have some, don’t like them, have it for [an] emergency, like …Read the Rest

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