Posted October 23, 2018 10:00 am by Comments

By Tom Knighton

It’s a familiar charge. We hear it all the time. “This guy is wholly owned by the National Rifle Association!”

Because the NRA is technically a special interest group — defending a civil right is a special interest — and donates money to pro-gun candidates, anti-gunners are either convinced that those who support the NRA are being bought and paid for, or they know otherwise but are hoping the voters are too stupid to know better.

The latest example of this comes from the Florida governor’s race.

Under the hot lights of CNN’s debate stage in Tampa on Sunday night, Florida’s gubernatorial candidates went round for round in a contentious matchup with just over two weeks to go until the Nov. 6 midterm elections.

While the two candidates — former U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, and progressive Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum — sparred over everything from health care to climate change to immigration, one of the night’s most compelling moments of the debate came when Gillum accused DeSantis of being bought and paid for by the National Rifle Association.

He is wholly owned by the NRA,” Gillum said at one point, referring to his opponent. “He’s not going to stand up …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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