With today's focus on Brexit, I started thinking about a more general topic. Specifically, I started wondering about this:
1. When was the last time there was a terror attack by someone on the no fly list who bought his guns legally in America?
2. When was the last time that you heard of a terrorist using a gun obtained through any sort of gun show loophole?
3. When was the last time there was a crime committed by someone with the use of a gun obtained through any sort of gun show loophole?
These are not idle questions. After all, we just had major political theater with the Democrats of the House conducting a sit-in in the House itself. The stated aim was to get a vote on a bill that bars people on the no fly list from buying guns and which also closes the supposed gun show loophole. I was just wondering what all the theater was about.
I've done extensive research and cannot find any terrorist attack (or other crime) committed by someone on the no-fly list with a gun purchased legally in this country. I also cannot find any instance in which a terrorist used a gun bought through a gun show loophole. I can't even find an instance in which any crime was committed with a gun purchased through a gun show loophole.
The real truth is that there is no gun show loophole, but that is another issue. Let's just take the libs at their word and assume that there really is a gun show loophole. It hasn't resulted in any terror act or any crime. Does it really merit the silly demonstration by the aging Democrats in the House. For some of those folks, sitting on the floor meant a real danger of not being able to get back up.
The narrative pushed by the libs is that too many people die each year in gun violence in the USA. I AGREE!! Nearly everyone I know agrees! But what's the point of pushing for laws that won't make any difference.
Even the Democrats know that these laws will have no effect, but they don't care. Remember, in the Senate, there were two bills proposed which would have made some changes that the Democrats claim to favor. The Grassley bill would have barred people on the no fly list from purchasing weapons if the government could show some minimal involvement by the purchaser in terrorism. The bill would also have increased funding to help get the background check system working better. It also clarified the definition of mentally ill people who cannot buy weapons. EVERY DEMOCRAT IN THE SENATE VOTED AGAINST IT!!!!! They don't want the law, they only want to use the issue for their campaigns.
1. When was the last time there was a terror attack by someone on the no fly list who bought his guns legally in America?
2. When was the last time that you heard of a terrorist using a gun obtained through any sort of gun show loophole?
3. When was the last time there was a crime committed by someone with the use of a gun obtained through any sort of gun show loophole?
These are not idle questions. After all, we just had major political theater with the Democrats of the House conducting a sit-in in the House itself. The stated aim was to get a vote on a bill that bars people on the no fly list from buying guns and which also closes the supposed gun show loophole. I was just wondering what all the theater was about.
I've done extensive research and cannot find any terrorist attack (or other crime) committed by someone on the no-fly list with a gun purchased legally in this country. I also cannot find any instance in which a terrorist used a gun bought through a gun show loophole. I can't even find an instance in which any crime was committed with a gun purchased through a gun show loophole.
The real truth is that there is no gun show loophole, but that is another issue. Let's just take the libs at their word and assume that there really is a gun show loophole. It hasn't resulted in any terror act or any crime. Does it really merit the silly demonstration by the aging Democrats in the House. For some of those folks, sitting on the floor meant a real danger of not being able to get back up.
The narrative pushed by the libs is that too many people die each year in gun violence in the USA. I AGREE!! Nearly everyone I know agrees! But what's the point of pushing for laws that won't make any difference.
Even the Democrats know that these laws will have no effect, but they don't care. Remember, in the Senate, there were two bills proposed which would have made some changes that the Democrats claim to favor. The Grassley bill would have barred people on the no fly list from purchasing weapons if the government could show some minimal involvement by the purchaser in terrorism. The bill would also have increased funding to help get the background check system working better. It also clarified the definition of mentally ill people who cannot buy weapons. EVERY DEMOCRAT IN THE SENATE VOTED AGAINST IT!!!!! They don't want the law, they only want to use the issue for their campaigns.
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