Bernie Sanders and gun control

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I'm not looking to start an argument. I've seen comments in other posts about DU'ers being highly critical of him for it. Fine. Message received.

I agree with Bernie's general philosophy that we need to converge on a middle ground. But in order to defend him, I need more information.

I'm looking for first-hand information from the candidate himself, not news reports, about why he voted in favor of certain bills. Hillary mentioned him voting five times against the Brady Bill. What was that about?

Does anyone have links to credible information about his gun law votes?

I really wish Bernie would write a position statement and post it on his web site, explaining his thinking on it and why he voted against some gun laws that, on the surface, make him look anti-gun control. He must have had good reasons for it.