“It is a loser for the Democrats and so they shy away from it”

Hillary is set to announce her presidential run today.

At the same time, former Mayor Michael Bloomberg is holding one of his anti-Second Amendment events and the NRA is holding its annual meeting. Hot Air reports:

The well monied former New York mayor and head honcho of Everytown for Gun Safety is holding his own event in Tennessee to focus attention on politicians who aren’t willing to sign on to ever increasing restrictions of the rights of gun owners.

This is just the sort of attention that Democrats are not eager to bask in. According to the Washington Times:

The near unity among Republicans on gun rights contrasts with the Democratic divide on the issue, underscoring how the politics appear to have swung in the GOP’s favor. “It is a loser for the Democrats and so they shy away from it — except in Washington, D.C., or New York, where they have a strong liberal constituency and where it is not going to cost them votingwise,” said Robert A. Levy, of the libertarian-leaning Cato Institute. Democrats pushed gun control legislation after the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, that left 20 students and six educators dead and ignited a national debate over gun ownership.

Given Hillary Clinton’s statement about gun owners being a “minority” and acting like “terrorists,” Bloomberg is probably not winning any points in the Clinton camp by highlighting the left’s gun control agenda.

The following CNN clip from last year highlights the problem for Hillary:



