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Martin O'Malley's Super PAC Dings Bernie Sanders on Gun Control

"Bernie Sanders is no progressive when it comes to guns," the ad says.
BALTIMORE, MD - MAY 30:  Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley speaks during an event to announce his candidacy for a presidential campaign May 30, 2015 at Federal Hill Park in Baltimore, Maryland. O'Malley was the third Democrat, after former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), to throw his hat in the ring for the Democratic nomination.  (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
BALTIMORE, MD - MAY 30: Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley speaks during an event to announce his candidacy for a presidential campaign May 30, 2015 at Federal Hill Park in Baltimore, Maryland. O'Malley was the third Democrat, after former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), to throw his hat in the ring for the Democratic nomination. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)Alex Wong / Getty Images

Generation Forward, the Super PAC supporting Democrat Martin O’Malley, is up with a video advertisement hitting Bernie Sanders on the issue of guns.

“Bernie Sanders voted against the Brady Bill," a narrator says in the new 15-second ad. "Bernie Sanders is no progressive when it comes to guns.”

In an interview on NPR, Sanders argued that – because he represents Vermont – he has different views on guns that some other Democrats. "I can understand that if some Democrats or Republicans represent an urban area where people don't hunt, don't do target practice; they're not into guns. But, in my state, people go hunting and people do target practice. Talking about cultural divides in this country, you know, it is important for people in urban America to understand that families go out together and kids go out with their parents and they hunt and they enjoy the outdoors and that is a lifestyle that should not be condemned."

Recent polls have shown Sanders’ support growing – though maybe more at the expense of challengers like O’Malley than at Hillary Clinton’s expense.