They Claim Gun Control Is Non-Partisan, Then Support Abortion?

By Tom Knighton

Gun control groups often like to claim that gun control is a non-partisan issue. The reason they do that is simple. They know they can’t win if just Democrats support it, so they’re trying to garner support from independents and Republicans, and Republicans especially won’t side with it if it’s a “Democrat” position.

So, they try to spin it. They try to claim that gun control is a universal issue, that 90 percent of people support gun control, all to make people think they’re going to be the winners.

If that’s true, though, why are they spending money to support positions like abortion?

Gun control was supposed to be the issue of 2018.

Yet it has receded so far into the background of the midterm congressional elections that Everytown for Gun Safety, a major player in gun control, is spending its money on ads covering abortion, health care and the Republican tax bill — but nary a mention of assault rifles or bump stocks.

There are new voices on the electoral playing field, including students from the Parkland, Florida, high school shooting in February that left 17 people dead.

But the cable news cameras that helped give the students a platform have turned …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms