Guns and Hillary Clinton’s Mitt Romney Problem

Published October 5, 2015 3:51pm ET



Following last week’s tragic shooting in Oregon, Hillary Clinton is making big promises on gun control. She’s even gone so far as to promise “executive action” to restrict gun sales, even though such measures would be constitutionally questionable. Even President Obama, who has not exactly been shy about wielding executive power, seems to think he can’t do anything about unilaterally restricting guns judging by his press conference last week. 

The fact that Hillary’s coming out so strong in favor of gun control is the clearest evidence I’ve yet seen that she is really, really worried about even winning the Democratic primary at this point. In fact, here’s the HuffPo headline — one that Team Hillary no doubt wanted — “Hillary Clinton Goes Big On Gun Policy, Creates Contrast With Bernie Sanders.” Here are the key paragraphs:

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