“If somebody has a gun and it falls into the hands of a murderer and the murderer kills somebody with a gun, do you hold the gun manufacturer responsible?” he said to Jake Tapper on CNN. “Not any more than you would hold a hammer company responsible if somebody beats somebody over the head with a hammer.”
Now listen to one of the most viciously stupid men in Congress, Representative Louis Gohmert of Texas, a mere few weeks after the Sandy Hook Massacre. “
I refuse to play the game of ‘assault weapon.’ That’s any weapon. It’s a hammer.”
Sanders was defending his vote for a 2005 law that protected gun manufacturers from lawsuits by victims of gun violence in a manner that big corporations in no other sector of the economy have received. It’s the same law that has prevented parents of the Aurora massacre victims from suing the manufacturer who didn’t think twice about selling 4,300 rounds to James Holmes via the Internet without so much as a cursory check. Whether marketing guns to kids or bullets designed specifically to kill cops, there is no getting around the fact that Sanders joined Blue Dog Democrats and right-wing Republicans in giving arms-dealer conglomerates a get-out-of-jail-free card.
Okay I have to admit, that one kind of stings.
In fact this is one of my own personal crusades. I think that gun manufacturers, who sell products whose sole purpose is to kill (Which by the way is quite unlike a hammer.), should be held at least partially responsible if they are used to murder American citizens.
However having said that this one ideological disagreement does not suddenly make me want to jump off of the Bernie train.
After all let's face it, there are far more things I would disagree with Hillary Clinton about than I would Bernie Sanders.
And we all know that both of them, are significantly better choices than ANYBODY on the GOP side of the political aisle.
Anybody have a different opinion?
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