Bernie Sanders on gun control

Sen. Sanders is considered by some liberals to be soft on gun control. This is from The Guardian:

“He also defended his record on gun control. Confronted with his past support for legislation regarded by activists as 'pro-gun', Sanders said his most recent grade from the NRA was a D- and added that he voted to ban semi-automatic assault weapons and in favor of instant background checks.

“'We have been yelling and screaming at each other about guns for decades with very little success,' he said.

“'I come from a state that has basically no gun control, but the people in my state understand pretty clearly that guns in Vermont are not the same thing as guns in Chicago or guns in Los Angeles.

“'In our state, guns are used for hunting. In Chicago, they are used by kids in gangs killing other kids, people shooting at police officers, shooting down innocent people.'

"Sanders said 99.9% of gun owners obeyed the law. He suggested the only way the US would see real action on guns was if it managed to reject extreme positions on both sides of the debate.

“'I think I can bring us to the middle,' he said.

“That might be difficult, however, when his own state’s gun-rights group does not support him.

“'We, in Vermont, consider him anti-gun,' Gun Owners of Vermont president Ed Cutler told Politico."