Guns of (almost) August

Scoop: Democrat Joe Hogsett drops new ad raising questions about when his Republican opponent Jefferson Shreve changed his mind on guns—and linking him to Trump.

Months before he rolled out his public safety plan, which included banning assault weapons and permitless carry, Republican mayoral candidate Jefferson Shreve told a GOP talk show host that he didn’t think citizens needed “any more laws” from local, municipal, federal, or state governments—raising questions about when the erstwhile NRA-backed candidate …