Post by Logan on Oct 12, 2016 2:16:38 GMT -6
Greg Gianforte has accused Gov. Steve Bullock of overstating or outright lying about his record on gun rights, suggesting he would align with Hillary Clinton “to take our guns away.”
“There’s only one candidate endorsed by the NRA,” Gianforte has said in variations during interviews and debates. “That’s me.”
Three major gun rights groups have endorsed the Republican: the NRA, Gun Owners of America and the Montana Shooting Sports Association. Bullock, a Democrat, nonetheless argues he is, in fact, a defender of the right to bear arms “without abandoning common sense,” often referencing concerns raised by law enforcement officials about certain measures.
“If my opponent was being honest,” Bullock said in a September debate in Billings, “in my eight years in public service, our Second Amendment rights have been expanded in Montana, not limited.”
Read more: billingsgazette.com/news/government-and-politics/gianforte-takes-aim-at-bullock-s-record-on-gun-rights/article_6cabd26d-dcdc-5d97-b79e-e60f884d9240.html
“There’s only one candidate endorsed by the NRA,” Gianforte has said in variations during interviews and debates. “That’s me.”
Three major gun rights groups have endorsed the Republican: the NRA, Gun Owners of America and the Montana Shooting Sports Association. Bullock, a Democrat, nonetheless argues he is, in fact, a defender of the right to bear arms “without abandoning common sense,” often referencing concerns raised by law enforcement officials about certain measures.
“If my opponent was being honest,” Bullock said in a September debate in Billings, “in my eight years in public service, our Second Amendment rights have been expanded in Montana, not limited.”
Read more: billingsgazette.com/news/government-and-politics/gianforte-takes-aim-at-bullock-s-record-on-gun-rights/article_6cabd26d-dcdc-5d97-b79e-e60f884d9240.html