Bloombergs gun-control group to endorse Ralph Northam for Virginia governor [View all]

Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund, the political arm of one of the nation’s biggest gun control groups, is endorsing Virginia gubernatorial contender Ralph Northam and the rest of the statewide Democratic ticket.

The group, and the Virginia chapter of its affiliated Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, is backing Northam, lieutenant governor contender Justin Fairfax and Attorney General Mark R. Herring’s re-election bid.

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The action fund is a spinoff of Everytown for Gun Safety, the nation’s highest profile gun-control group that is largely bankrolled by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The fund poured more than $2 million into Virginia Democratic campaigns in 2015 during the party’s unsuccessful bid to regain control of the state Senate.

“Gun safety will be one of the defining issue of the Virginia election this year,” said Beth Fine, an Arlington volunteer for Moms Demand Action, adding that the endorsed candidates “understand that with rights come the responsibility to keep guns out of dangerous hands.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/bloombergs-gun-control-group-to-endorse-ralph-northam-for-virginia-governor/2017/06/19/4ea98abc-550f-11e7-a204-ad706461fa4f_story.html?utm_term=.df8e1e7a2836

Once again, the gun violence epidemic is being addressed by those organizations and politicians who see the urgent need for sensible gun control measures to protect our streets and communities.