Malloy challenges Bernie Sanders on gun control

Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy speaks with Joanne St. John of Nashua, NH following a round table on gun control at Hillary Clinton's Manchester, NH headquarters on Tuesday, August 25, 2015. Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy speaks with Joanne St. John of Nashua, NH following a round table on gun control at Hillary Clinton's Manchester, NH headquarters on Tuesday, August 25, 2015. Photo: Alan L. MacRae / For Hearst Connecticut Media Photo: Alan L. MacRae / For Hearst Connecticut Media Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Malloy challenges Bernie Sanders on gun control 1 / 1 Back to Gallery

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has dared to go where many dyed-in-the-wool liberals like himself would rather avoid — after Sen. Bernie Sanders.

But Hillary Clinton’s campaign dispatched Malloy to New Hampshire this week to help shore up her support with liberals, so there he was Tuesday questioning Sanders’ resume on guns and his vote against the Brady Bill when he was a member of the House.

Malloy said Sanders’ record stood in sharp contrast to the former secretary of state’s record on guns and to his own strong positions on gun control, which only deepened in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings.

“It’s an anathema to my own,” Malloy said during a meeting with Clinton organizers in Manchester. “I don’t understand it.”

Named for the late James Brady, the Reagan White House aide who was nearly killed during a 1981 assassination attempt on the president, the legislation established a federal background check program and mandatory five-day waiting period for gun purchases.

“Her position among the Democrats is a lot more popular than his position,” Malloy said later on his way to an appearance at the state Capitol in Concord. “There’s a difference.”

A request for comment was left Tuesday for Sanders’ campaign, which has been gaining momentum in New Hampshire, home of the first presidential primary in the nation.

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