Hillary: It's About Gun Safety, Not Gun Control (Chelsea Did Not Get The Memo) -- April 26, 2016

The other day I mentioned that Hillary Clinton has very quietly changed her stand on the gun issue during the primary season. Mainstream media missed it then, but they are starting to pick up on it. Hillary is moving from "gun control" to "gun safety." Very, very interesting. As I've always said, unlike ideologues, Hillary can be bought. [I believe I'm wrong: Hillary seems to be consistently inconsistent on the gun issue; it depends on her audience how she addresses the Second Amendment.]

From two days ago, April 24, 2016, in American Thinker:

Currently running in Pennsylvania, a state with enough gun owners to swing an election, Hillary was forced into an awkward pander:

“I want to be really clear about this, because I learned how to shoot a gun behind our cottage in Lake Winola,” Mrs. Clinton said. “And I know how important gun ownership and particularly hunting is here in northeastern Pennsylvania.”

“I want you to know that we can’t ignore the Second Amendment, and we can’t ignore that 33,000 people a year die from gun violence,” she said. “I think we are smart enough to figure out how to do that.”

Twitter exploded in reaction, with many people pointing out that the Second Amendment is not about hunting.

But Chelsea’s comment, on video, is a bell that can’t be un-rung. No matter how quickly Hillary moves to quiet concern over her anti-gun ownership predilections, Chelsea has made it clear that a Hillary presidency will lead to a Supreme Court that will hold there is no individual right to own guns. 

Chelsea, apparently, did not get the memo, either, that her mom had modified her position.

By the way, that "stuff" about learning to shoot behind her cottage in Lake Winola is not new. Eight years ago, back in 2008, from CNN:

Hillary Clinton appealed to Second Amendment supporters on Saturday by hinting that she has some experience of her own pulling triggers.

“I disagree with Sen. Obama’s assertion that people in our country cling to guns and have certain attitudes about trade and immigration simply out of frustration,” she began, referring to the Obama comments on small-town Americans that set off a political tumult on Friday.

She then introduced a fond memory from her youth.

“You know, my dad took me out behind the cottage that my grandfather built on a little lake called Lake Winola outside of Scranton and taught me how to shoot when I was a little girl,” she said.

“You know, some people now continue to teach their children and their grandchildren. It’s part of culture. It’s part of a way of life. People enjoy hunting and shooting because it’s an important part of who they are. Not because they are bitter.”

Minutes later, in a slightly awkward moment, Clinton faced a question from a woman in the audience whose son had been paralyzed by a gunshot. The woman asked Clinton what she would do about gun control as president.