Group using apparent al Qaeda recruitment video to slam McConnell on guns

[Valin]

The Hill:

Alexandra Jaffe

04/12/13

 

Americans United for Change, a liberal advocacy group, is launching an ad targeting Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on gun control that professes to use an al Qaeda recruitment video to drive its message home.

 

The ad cites a poll from gun control advocacy group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, that it says shows 82 percent of Kentuckians favor mandatory background checks for gun buyers.

 

"…but Republican leader Mitch McConnell is against them," a narrator says, adding "so, who does agree with Mitch?"

 

It then screens clips from what appears to be an al Qaeda recruiting video, which includes a man explaining how to get a gun at gun shows without identification.

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