It’s a safe bet that more Democratic voters were watching the series finale of Downton Abbey rather than the debate between Sen. Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton on Sunday. But one of the most intense exchanges in the highlight reels posted Monday showed a clear deception aimed at voters to help chip away at Americans’ gun rights.
Besides the annoying “whistle words” of saying the AR-15 is an “automatic weapon” (and don’t think for one second that one of the most deliberate speakers in politics was making an honest mistake), Hillary Clinton tried some haymakers on her opponent over a congressional law that protects firearms manufacturers from frivolous lawsuits.
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