Clinton Slams Sanders on Guns: Time for ‘Him to Stand up and Say I Got This One Wrong

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MATTHEWS: "And I’m joined right now on the telephone by secretary Clinton, madam secretary, thank you for joining us. What is the issue here between yourself and senator Sanders?"
CLINTON: "I think it’s pretty much what the president has said, Chris. He has made a powerful statement about the urgent need to end the epidemic of gun violence in our country. And his new executive action includes steps that I have advocated for throughout this campaign. And as he said voters should not support any candidate who does not support common sense gun reform. We’ve got to get a handle and deal with the fact we’re losing 90 people a day to gun violence. So the Democrats have a real choice here. And I think it’s important for Democrats to know that ten years ago gun safety advocates wanted to make gunmakers have to go to court to answer for their reckless disregard of human life. Because after all if an auto company sells an unsafe car you can sue them, unsafe toys or cars, so the NRA wrote this bill that said no one can sue a gun maker or seller and call this the most persuasive piece of legislation in 20 years. And when it really mattered, senator Sanders voted with the gun lobby and I voted against the gun lobby. So this is a significant difference and it’s important, maybe it’s time for senator Sanders to stand up and say I got this one wrong. But he has not. He has defended his vote, time and again. He said he would consider changes to the law. But you know that was a few months ago. And there has been no effort to introduce anything in the Congress or to stand with you know, those Democrats who want to repeal this you know, really irresponsible lack of unity that was voted in for the gun makers and sellers."