Video: Gun safety group targets Kelly Ayotte with powerful domestic violence ad
Everytown for Gun Safety, the group founded by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, is airing a dramatic new television ad in New Hampshire that calls on Sen. Kelly Ayotte to support legislation to close federal loopholes that allow many domestic abusers to purchase guns.
The spot will run next Tuesday, the day before the Senate begins hearings on a bill sponsored by Sen. Amy Klobuchar. The proposed legislation would expand the federal law that prevents people who have been convicted of domestic abuse from buying or possessing a gun to include dating partners, individuals under a restraining order and convicted stalkers.
The National Rifle Association opposes the legislation claiming it “manipulates emotionally compelling issues such as ‘domestic violence’ and 'stalking’ simply to cast as wide a net as possible for federal firearm prohibitions."Â
Last year, the NRA ran ads defending Ayotte when she faced angry constituents and plunging poll numbers for voting against a bill that would have expanded background checks for gun purchases.