Booker and other candidates doubled down on their calls in the wake of this week's Colorado school shooting. But four years later, Democratic nominee Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts didn’t make gun control a major focus of his campaign. Rep. Eric Swalwell of California has also focused heavily on gun violence, emphasizing background checks for all gun sales and implementing an assault weapons ban. According to a Fox News poll conducted last year, by a 13-percentage point margin voters considered protecting against gun violence more important than protecting gun rights (53-40 percent). And the proliferation of gun control policy on the Democratic presidential campaign trail is prompting an early backlash from GOP foes.

Source: Fox News May 09, 2019 13:30 UTC