Evidence That Universal Background Checks Are A Universal Failure

By Tom Knighton

A handful of states have implemented universal background checks. Anti-gun researcher Garen Wintemute took a look at three states–Washington, Colorado and Delaware–and conducted a study to see what the impact of the new universal background check laws would be. Well, the short version is that they were less than useless.

Two of the states had no real change in the number of background checks performed, while the third had a modest change. Wintemute called for more aggressive enforcement of the statute but failed to offer suggestions of just what that enforcement would actually look like.

However, the NRA’s Cam Edwards offers up a more detailed rebuttal.

The problem for Wintemute is that these laws are nearly impossible to enforce, and law enforcement officers know it. That’s why so many have been opposed to these feel-good but ineffective background check laws for quite a while. Virtually every county sheriff in New Mexico opposed the Bloomberg-backed gun control bill when it was introduced in the state’s legislature earlier this year. Sheriffs spoke out about the need to be able to hold repeat offenders on higher bond, the number of plea bargains, and other issues surrounding the criminal justice system …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms