Sorry Bernie-Fans, Dr Jill Stein is a Protest Candidate, Not Your Plan B

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When Bernie Sanders lost the California primary, the media was quick to claim that Hillary Clinton won the nomination. The Sanders camp was furious. One half argued the press was jumping the gun too quickly. No way could she be declared one, seeing how the convention is in July. According to them it was disrespectful to Sanders, who just declared he will bring the fight to the convention. Another half admitted defeat and honestly believes that they can shape the Democrat party in Sanders’ image next election.

Liberals Need To Be Honest in the Gun-Control Debate

AR-15 has been the buzzword being thrown around after the Orlando shooting. It is of course, the same rifle that the media is quick to point out, the same rifle used by the Sandy Hook shooter and the Aurora shooter. Another buzzword attached to this debate is “assault rifles.”

So the debate now revolves around banning “assault rifles” and AR-15 has been labelled as an automatic rifle. Right after the shooting, democrats chanted “where’s the bill?” They demanded that Republicans take responsibility for the atrocities and pass laws to regulate these rifles.

However this line of calling a ban on assault rifles only harms the liberal cause in reducing gun violence. This only allows room for Republicans to point out how out of touch they are from the technicalities of guns.