CA Governor-Elect Calls For More Gun Control

By Tom Knighton

It must be nice being a gun grabber. I mean, to know that you’re always right and to be able to look at any situation, no matter how spectacularly your policies failed, and say, “This isn’t on us. It’s on you guys!”

That’s happening right now in California following the horrific events at the Borderline Bar & Grill Wednesday night.

It seems that despite the strictest gun control in the country, the fault for the mass shootings rests not in the failure of those laws, but in the NRA and other gun rights activists.

Just hours after a deadly mass shooting in Thousand Oaks, Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom on Thursday said California “can do more and do better on gun safety” and criticized the National Rifle Assn. and Republican leaders in Washington for blocking common-sense gun control.

A longtime champion for tighter restrictions on firearms, Newsom addressed the shooting in his first public appearance since his election Tuesday. He had planned to discuss his upcoming transition into the governor’s office but changed his plans after the tragedy.

“It’s [with] a heavy heart I come here a day or two after an election for governor. You want to be focused on other things,” Newsom …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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