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Hillary Clinton hints at gun control body to counter NRA 'scare-mongering' [View all]
Hillary Clinton hints at gun control body to counter NRA 'scare-mongering'
Ed Pilkington in Keene, New Hampshire
Friday 16 October 2015 20.57 BST
Hillary Clinton has stepped up her attack on the National Rifle Association, describing it as an “absolutist” and “scare-mongering” lobby group that intimidates politicians and hinting that she was working behind the scenes to create a new alternative organization of “responsible gun owners” to lead the fight.
Buoyed by a well-received performance at this week’s first Democratic debate, and by a new opinion poll that narrowly puts her back in front in the critical early primary state of New Hampshire, Clinton moved her campaign against the notoriously aggressive NRA into higher gear. Appearing at her 11th town hall meeting in New Hampshire since the start of her campaign, she said it was time to “take on those who are not in favor of sensible gun safety measures”.
Then she specifically name-checked the NRA, and said “a lot of people in public life today … are intimidated. That’s no longer feasible, it’s no longer right.
The NRA, which acts as the mouthpiece of gun manufacturers and sellers, has held a virtual stranglehold over the debate on gun control in the US over the past 20 years. It exerts its influence by mobilizing activists at local level and by rating politicians according to whether they are, in the NRA’s reckoning, gun-friendly.
Speaking in front of about 1,000 people on the campus of Keene State University, Clinton issued what will undoubtedly be seen by the NRA as a provocative challenge by calling for the creation of a new body to check its power. “The fight against the NRA should be led by a new organization of gun owners,” she said.
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Ed Pilkington in Keene, New Hampshire
Friday 16 October 2015 20.57 BST
Hillary Clinton has stepped up her attack on the National Rifle Association, describing it as an “absolutist” and “scare-mongering” lobby group that intimidates politicians and hinting that she was working behind the scenes to create a new alternative organization of “responsible gun owners” to lead the fight.
Buoyed by a well-received performance at this week’s first Democratic debate, and by a new opinion poll that narrowly puts her back in front in the critical early primary state of New Hampshire, Clinton moved her campaign against the notoriously aggressive NRA into higher gear. Appearing at her 11th town hall meeting in New Hampshire since the start of her campaign, she said it was time to “take on those who are not in favor of sensible gun safety measures”.
Then she specifically name-checked the NRA, and said “a lot of people in public life today … are intimidated. That’s no longer feasible, it’s no longer right.
The NRA, which acts as the mouthpiece of gun manufacturers and sellers, has held a virtual stranglehold over the debate on gun control in the US over the past 20 years. It exerts its influence by mobilizing activists at local level and by rating politicians according to whether they are, in the NRA’s reckoning, gun-friendly.
Speaking in front of about 1,000 people on the campus of Keene State University, Clinton issued what will undoubtedly be seen by the NRA as a provocative challenge by calling for the creation of a new body to check its power. “The fight against the NRA should be led by a new organization of gun owners,” she said.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/16/hillary-clinton-nra-gun-control-scare-mongering
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