Feinstein Tweets About VA Tech To Promote Gun Control

By Tom Knighton

AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

A dozen years ago yesterday, the most horrific school shooting in American history took place. The Virginia Tech massacre was an atrocity and a kick in the American Gut.

So I guess we shouldn’t be surprised when one of the nation’s most anti-gun lawmakers decided to tweet about it to advance gun control.

Twelve years ago today, 32 lives were lost at Virginia Tech in the deadliest shooting on a school campus. Students should be free to get an education without the fear of gun violence. We need commonsense reform to prevent another senseless tragedy. #VTWeRemember

— Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) April 16, 2019

Feinstein, unsurprisingly, thinks we need more gun laws.

However, she omitted a very important point in her tweet. It’s a point that we need to talk about if we’re going to invoke Virginia Tech to push for gun control.

What is that point?

It’s simple. Not a single bill being considered right now would have stopped the attack — not one.

The shooter was legally barred from owning a firearm, yet he passed the federal background check to buy not just one, but two firearms. What good would something like universal background checks do if …Read the Rest

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