How does the topic of gun control affect a Presidential candidate?

How does the topic of gun control affect a Presidential candidate?

I am hopeful candidates will be willing to talk about what they can do, what we can do, as a country to lower the levels of gun violence in this country. It is something that the first Democratic candidates debate at Virginia Tech. It was one of the things the candidates were asked about. And I think it is something that candidates will be asked about as the campaigns develop. Most of the candidates have actually been pretty good on this issue in the past, and I hope they will realize that talking about gun violence and what can be done to end gun violence, is something that is going to pick up votes for them. It is something that should be talked about. It is something that is important to the average American citizen. In the past, a lot of politicians have stayed away from the issue. They have been scared of the issue. But I think post Virginia Tech, the American people want to hear answers on what we can do to make our community safer. The American people realize how weak our Gun laws are and I think they are going to be pushing candidates to talk about it.