Last updated on July 17th, 2023 at 09:12 pm
Missouri Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jason Kander wins the TV ad of the week award, if we had one.
The current Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander served in Afghanistan with the Missouri National Guard, and he shot a video that blasted his Republican opponent incumbent Senator Roy Blunt for calling him out on gun control.
But it’s the way he did it that makes it the ad of the week. Blindfolded, the Democrat assembles an AR-15 while telling the viewer he supports background checks so terrorists can’t get their hands on one.
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“I’m Jason Kander. Senator Blunt has been attacking me on guns. Well, in the Army, I learned how to use and respect my rifle,” the blindfolded Kander says to the camera as he assembles the weapon.
“In Afghanistan, I’d volunteer to be an extra gun in a convoy of unarmored SUVs. And in the state legislature, I supported Second Amendment rights.”
“I also believe in background checks, so the terrorists can’t get their hands on one of these.”
“I approve this message, because I’d like to see Senator Blunt do this.â€
The “this” being the final click of the rifle as it’s fully assembled.
The gun expert, who understands the danger and responsibility of a weapon like the AR-15, supports background checks. Obvious stance should be obvious. But it’s not, because the NRA has spent untold millions ginning up hysteria about gun rights in order to monetarily benefit their industry and manufacturers.
Kander found a way to dramatically illustrate that being for background checks isn’t being against the second amendment. Sure, this seems like a no-brainer since most of the country gets this, but elected Republicans and the NRA equate the two. In fact, Donald Trump equates the two in his inaccurate claims that Hillary Clinton wants to demolish the second amendment.
Democrats pushing for background checks are doing the bare minimum we should expect from our leaders and representatives. There is simply no logical, sane reason why we should continue to legally sell weapons to terrorists.
The Republican rallying whine that anyone who supports responsible gun ownership is going to destroy the second amendment needs to be shut down so that this country can better protect its citizens.
James Kander found a way to get this message across that is jarring and disturbing, but completely effective.
The race between Blunt and Kander is ranked a toss up by Real Clear Politics, with Blunt leading by +3.4.
If Americans want the most basic forms of gun control as badly as survey after survey shows they do, they need to vote Republicans out of Congress, where laws are made.
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