Another Day, Another Story Showing That Criminals Don’t Follow Gun Laws

By Tom Knighton

Anytime an innocent person is killed, it’s a tragedy. It really and truly is. It’s even more of a tragedy when it’s someone you care about, trust me on that.

When faced with a situation like that, it’s understandable that people start looking at just how to prevent something like that. Again, I know from experience. However, the York Daily News touched on something in a recent report that bears remembering when looking to combat tragedies like this.

A YDR analysis of 38 gun homicides from 2013 through 2016 found that in at least 21 cases, one or more of the alleged or convicted assailants was not allowed to possess a gun under federal or state law.

In three of those cases, a man killed a woman and himself.

Groups like the Violence Policy Center point to these types of murder-suicides as examples of why it’s necessary to aggressively enforce bans on firearm possession.

Meanwhile, lawmakers in some states have focused on a different way to protect domestic abuse victims: Shorten the waiting period for an alleged victim to get a gun permit after obtaining an order of protection.

Three York County murder-suicides show different holes in laws and enforcement.

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Source:: Bearing Arms