The four-day Democratic convention has been choreographed to create moments that play to voters’ emotions.
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Even President Barrack Obama, after his first year in office, received an F rating from the Brady Campaign. “I am here alone – without my mother – while too many politicians cower behind the gun lobby instead of standing with American families”.
With the spate of mass shootings around the country and polls that reflect support for restrictions, Democrats appear to be emboldened to make gun control a linchpin issue without fear of reprisal.
“We need to be strong and smart to destroy ISIS”, she said, “not reckless and rash”. He said Clinton’s plan to overhaul gun laws is “kind of emotional for me” and laid out a litany of measures they hope to enact together. Tim Kaine, D-Va. – have put the fight for tougher gun laws at the heart of their campaign for the White House.
Sanders said, “My son’s last words were, ‘We mean you no harm.’ Tywanza”.
“Still, I have to ask: How was he able to purchase the gun he used to kill so many?”
A proposal to close the “Charleston loophole” which allows a gun sale to proceed without a background check if the check is not complete within three days.
Former Arizona Congresswoman and gun safety advocate Gabby Giffords, who was critically wounded during a January 2011 shooting in Tucson, Arizona, contended that Democrats have important work ahead, “work that will determine the future of our country”.
Jesse Jackson addressed the issue. A mother of one of the Orlando victims, Christine Leinonen, left DNC-goers breathless with her harrowing speech.
Brandon Wolf and Jose Arraigada, who survived the Pulse nightclub shooting, joined Leinonen on the stage.
Stressing that he has “had enough” of children dying in classrooms, nightly bloodshed in the streets and police officers being gunned down, Murphy said Clinton “is a leader who has empathy and the guts to declare that we have had enough”. “Where was that common sense the day he died?” The candidate will then take the stage to formally accept the nomination – the first woman to do so for a major USA political party. Others spoke about gun violence and gun control on July 26 and July 25.
“I think there’s a stark difference on this issue between Republicans and Democrats”, said Philadelphia convention-goer Jerome Rivera.
Hello, fellow Democrats! What a crowd!
“Hillary Clinton has the compassion and understanding to support grieving mothers”, Fulton said.
“Hillary is tough. Hillary is courageous”. Clinton friends said she was personally moved by meeting families of shooting victims. The public health approaches also allow consideration of the overlaps between gun violence, substance abuse, and mental illness, using data “to drive our understanding of the people and places of greatest risk, of how to make changes that are geared toward prevention”. “That’s why I’m voting for Hillary!” she proclaimed, according to amNewYork.
I know what hate and division can do to our communities. Let’s stand up for responsibility.
“Speaking is hard for me”.
“I should not be here tonight”.
But, my mom was murdered.
I’m here for the mothers and daughters who are planning weddings, so that you get to watch your daughter walk down the aisle.
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“For many years, the Democrats thought to be competitive in tight elections on election day meant supporting gun rights and minimizing discussion of gun control”, Winkler says.
