McConnell Won’t Say Whether He Owns A Gun After CPAC Stunt

[DonViejo]

DANIEL STRAUSS – MARCH 8, 2014, 3:50 PM EST

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is refusing to offer details on whether he owns a gun, hunts or goes to a regularly goes shooting for recreation, according to a columnist for the Louisville Courier-Journal.

Columnist Joe Gerth writes that McConnell's reelection campaign has refused to say "if McConnell hunts, shoots targets or even owns a gun." Gerth also noted that McConnell's campaign ignored a reporter who in 2013 asked if the top Senate Republican would accept a challenge by Democratic opponent Alison Lundergan Grimes (KY) to go to a shooting range.

Guns have recently been a topic in relation to McConnell. During the Conservative Political Action Conference McConnell handed Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) a rifle on stage. Shortly after that Grimes on Thursday tweeted that "that's not the way to hold a gun. KY women do it better." McConnell's primary challenger, Matt Bevin, also criticized him for the rifle moment.

TPM has reached out to McConnell's campaign and will update with a response.

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[Rex]

1. Republicans - DO YOU KILL THINGS OR WANT TO KILL THINGS!?

nt.

[madaboutharry]

2. It's all about theater.

[nyquil_man]

3. His sturdy shell is protection enough. nt

[Lasher]

4. Like the other GOP chickenhawks in the Senate, he's never served in the military.

So he's had no introduction to firearms while in the armed forces. I'll bet he doesn't know which end you put the bullet thingies into.

[underthematrix]

5. KKK Grand Drahon McConnell has a security detail. The

brandishing of unloaded weapon was just for show.

[Ikonoklast]

6. He got out of the Army due to "vision problems".

I say he still looks like shit.

[sad-cafe]

7. what a putz

idiot