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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As far as I know, the only gun control policy of Sanders which was in question was his vote in 2005 to shield gun manufacturers from lawsuits when their guns were used in violent crimes. I am not sure how that vote promoted gun violence. It is kind of like protecting manufacturers of snack foods from lawsuits when people die of obesity related illnesses. [/quote]

You need to get better educated about Bernie Sanders and about gun violence.  Bernie's gun votes are below.  Also below are details about Vermont's ranking as the state with the 8th highest rate of domestic gun violence against women.  Let's talk now about how Bernie's a feminist.

Bernie's votes on gun issues - 
https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/27110/bernie-sanders/37/guns
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/jul/10/generation-forward-pac/did-bernie-sanders-vote-against-background-checks-/
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/01/bernie-sanders-vote-gun-immunity-black-market

[quote]But before Brady became law, it underwent many transformations. Sanders, elected to the House of Representatives in 1990, voted on it numerous times, virtually almost always in opposition:

• In May 1991, Sanders voted against a version that mandated a seven-day waiting period for background checks, but the bill passed in the House.

• The Senate decreased the waiting period to five days and the bill returned to the House. In Nov. 1991, Sanders voted against that version. Though it passed in the House, the Senate didn’t muster enough votes. The Brady bill and its gun control stance remained in limbo during 1992.

• After some back and forth, a version of the bill resurfaced that reinstated the five day waiting period. In November 1993, Sanders voted against that version but for an amendment imposing an instant background check instead (seen by some as pointless, as the technology for instant checks didn’t exist at the time).

• He also voted against an amendment that would have ended state waiting periods, and for an amendment giving those denied a gun the right to know why.

• The final compromise version of the Brady bill --  an interim five-day waiting period while installing an instant background check system -- was passed and signed into law on Nov. 30, 1993. Sanders voted against it.  [/quote]
[quote]"I think he has disappointed many progressives in Vermont with his gun positions, which sort of walk a middle line – and angering both sides through the years," said Chris Graff, the former Vermont Associated Press bureau chief.[/quote]
[quote]"When it comes to guns, he’s not Ted Cruz, but he believes federal policy should be less intrusive than Martin O’Malley or Hillary Clinton," said Eric Davis, who studies Vermont politics at Middlebury College. "Guns are not an important issue for him, because they don’t fit into the class-based framework that Bernie looks at politics through."[/quote]
[quote]Q: The parents of one of the 12 innocent people killed during the Aurora movie theater shooting, sued to hold ammunition sellers liable for the attack, but their lawsuit was dismissed. And one of the reasons was a law that you voted for which protects manufacturers of ammunition from being sued. Why did you vote that way?

SANDERS: We have been yelling and screaming at each other about guns for decades, with very little success. I come from a state that has virtually no gun control. [u]But the people of my state understand, I think, pretty clearly, that guns in Vermont are not the same thing as guns in Chicago or guns in Los Angeles. In our state, guns are used for hunting.[/u] In Chicago, they're used for kids in gangs killing other kids or people shooting at police officers, shooting down innocent people. We need a sensible debate about gun control which overcomes the cultural divide that exists in this country. And I think I can play an important role in this.

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[quote]Vermont does face a dilemma of gun violence, one that carries a grisly association with domestic violence. This month, the Violence Policy Center released the newest iteration of its continuing study tracking the number of women murdered in the United States by men. As it turns out, Vermont has the eighth-highest rate of any state, with 1.58 victims killed per 100,000 people. Of those slain by men they knew, three-quarters were intimates (wives, ex-wives, or girlfriends) of their killers, and two-thirds were shot to death.

Between 2003-2012, 56% of domestic violence homicides [in Vermont] involved a gun.

http://www.thetrace.org/2015/09/vermont-domestic-violence-suicide-gun-deaths/
http://www.gunsensevt.org/domestic_violence_and_guns_in_vt[/quote][/quote]

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