Booker Claims Licensing Saves Lives, Ignores Reality

By Tom Knighton

Sen. Cory Booker is a presidential candidate, so we shouldn’t actually expect him to speak truth. At all.

However, it would be nice if he didn’t completely ignore reality. For example, take this tweet from a couple of days ago.

Gun violence is the second-highest cause of death among young people, but it doesn’t need to be this way. We can save lives by implementing commonsense measures like my proposal for gun licensing—because if you need a license to drive a car, you should need one to own a gun. https://t.co/1EGVYrp4SR

— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) July 17, 2019

Well, first, this study has already been debunked.

Second, let’s talk about his claim that licensing will somehow save lives. Over at Breitbart, A.W.R. Hawkins offers this thought:

He did not mention Illinois requires all gun owners to be licensed, yet Chicago witnessed at least 41 people shot between July 12-14, 2019, 66 were shot over the Fourth of July holiday weekend, and at least 56 were shot during the last weekend in June 2019.

Moreover, Booker consistently references gun crime in Newark, New Jersey, in hopes of proving more gun control is needed. He does …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms