Clinton makes new plea for tougher gun laws

APPHOTO NHJC108: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks to students and faculty at the Southern New Hampshire University, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, in Hooksett, N.H.

“Just what will it take for Congress to overcome the intimidation of the gun lobby and do something as sensible as making sure people on the terrorist watch list can’t buy weapons”, Clinton said.

Noah started with Cruz’s reaction to Wednesday’s mass shooting in San Bernardino, California: Holding a “Second Amendment party” at an Iowa shooting range.

International Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers President James McCourt said in a letter to Clinton, reviewed by Reuters, that the union recognised her “strong support for fundamental labor standards” and “recognition of the significant contributions of our members to energy efficiency”.

Madge Desmond, 63, of Carlisle, Mass., who described herself as an independent, said she, too, agreed with everything Clinton had to say.

At that earlier stop, Clinton did not say whether or not she believed the shooting was an act of terrorism.

“On this issue, where people who are too unsafe to fly in America can still buy guns in America, there should be no debate”, said Clinton, speaking to more than 400 at a town hall meeting here.

Clinton also defended Muslim Americans during her forceful remarks, telling the audience at an event focused on women in business that “the vast majority of Muslim Americans are just as concerned and heart broken about this as anyone else”. “We’re not violating anybody’s rights”. “We can not go on with losing 90 people a day to gun violence”.

If access to candidates’ digital ad impressions are a factor in the 2016 Presidential Race, Hillary Clinton will have a decided advantage in getting her messages through. Clinton also backs congressional efforts to stop retailers from selling guns to people with incomplete background checks, as happened when Charleston shooter Dylann Roof bought his gun, and to ban domestic abusers from purchasing guns.

While in the House of Representatives, he supported a 2005 federal law that shielded gun manufacturers, distributors and dealers from civil liability for mass shootings, and voted against the 1993 Brady Bill that imposed mandatory background checks and waiting periods for gun purchases. The move overturns a 1994 Pentagon rule forbidding women from front-line positions.

“We’ve seen women in our armed forces prove their heroism”, said Clinton. “Women who are qualified for these positions should be able to keep and win them”.