Democrat Governor Newsom Makes News by Not Making Sense

By Ammoland

Opinion By Larry Keane

USA – -(AmmoLand.com)- Recently, the governor of California managed to use the tragic incident in Virginia Beach to score cheap political points.

Here are the facts, as reported: The shooter legally purchased both handguns he used in this criminal attack.

Newsom’s take: “We just don’t need background checks on guns, we need background checks on every single ammunition purchase…”

California Dreaming

Ignore for a minute the fact that someone who clearly passed two separate FBI background checks to purchase handguns would undoubtedly pass the same check to purchase ammunition.

Just because California has a law on the books doesn’t mean it will accomplish anything but serving as an inconvenience for law-abiding citizens. During the Obama Administration, his Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Countryman fought against including ammunition in the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty. He warned the international community of “significant burdens associated with licensing, authorizations, and recordkeeping.”

Countryman continued, “Our own experience in regulating domestic transfers has shown that there is little utility for law enforcement in imposing the same controls on ammunition transfers as we do on arms. Accordingly, the United States largely eliminated most controls on domestic transfers of ammunition.”

Sen. Booker Steps In It Too