How Virginia Beach Shooting Undermines Booker’s Gun Control Plan

By Tom Knighton

Presidential hopeful Sen. Cory Booker has made gun control a key part of his platform. He’s called for all kinds of things, things he swears will reduce gun violence in this country. These include things like universal background checks, licensing, the works.

And then Virginia Beach happened.

Now, normally, a mass shooting seems to have a negative impact on gun rights. People get upset and demand gun control, which is good for a candidate who wants gun control. Usually.

However, if Booker were to look at the events surrounding Virginia Beach, he might be sweating bullets. After all, it undermines his gun control agenda almost entirely.

Universal Background Checks

The idea of universal background checks has been around for a while, and they’ve done absolutely nothing to keep guns out of the hands of criminals. Still, anti-Second Amendment voices continue calling for them. However, Virginia Beach showed just how useless such a measure actually would be at preventing things like mass shootings.

After all, the killer passed a background check. At least one, but probably more than that. After all, his firearms were legally purchased, which suggests that he passed them. Of course, without knowing where he bought them, it’s difficult to say …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms