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    What are the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates' positions on gun control?

    by Matt Pearce, Michael Finnegan and Janet Hook, Los Angeles Times Jul 30, 2019 5 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - To see how much the Democratic Party has changed its tune on gun control, look back to the April 2008 presidential primary debate between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

    The pair looked uncomfortable when asked for their positions on guns. Obama, facing criticism for saying rural Americans bitterly "cling to guns or religion" in response to economic woes, spoke warmly about the traditions of hunters. Clinton, for her part, framed her desire to pass an assault-weapons ban specifically as an aid to "outgunned" police officers. Both avoided opining on Supreme Court deliberations over a Washington, D.C., handgun ban - which the justices ended up striking down.

    There was a reason for the pair to be nervous: Republicans had long used gun control as an effective cultural wedge issue

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