Tempers Flare Gun Control Town Hall Held At Gun Range

By Tom Knighton

Imagine you were a member of a gun range, then discovered a political town hall being held at that range was all about gun control. How would you feel?

If you say anything other than some variation of upset or angry, I’m not going to believe you. The only other acceptable answer would probably be to disbelieve something like that would ever happen.

Unfortunately, though, it did.

A town hall on gun control featuring Congresswoman Haley Stevens ended early as tempers flared and the arguing turned to shouting Tuesday.

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The goal was to find common ground on solutions to gun violence, but organizers found how wide the rift between some gun owners and pro-gun control advocates really is.

“This is why the NRA has got to go,” shouted Rep. Haley Stevens (D-11th District). “The NRA has got to go.”

Stevens, State House Democratic Leader Christine Greig and State Rep. Robert Wittenberg (D-Berkley) led the town hall at the conservation club where many of its members are gun owners.

Well, that’s certainly interesting, now isn’t it.

The uproar isn’t surprising. Gun control is a controversial topic that brings out a strong response in anyone interested enough in the issue to attend a town hall on the …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms