Posted December 4, 2015 1:00 pm by Comments

By Robert Farago

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Gun control advocates were wrong-footed by the San Bernadino terrorist attack. How could such a thing happen in California, the state with the strictest gun control laws in the country? Even before the bodies were cold, control zealots had an answer: California’s neighboring states – what with their “lax” gun laws – were to blame. This despite the fact that there was no evidence whatsoever that the killers bought their guns in Arizona or Nevada. Check out this excerpt from Why California’s Strict Gun Laws Didn’t Matter In San Bernardino at huffingtonpost.com . . .

In an era where mass shootings have become commonplace, the couple’s firepower still raises eyebrows — especially in California, which experts say has the nation’s strictest gun laws. Those laws typically forbid the sale and possession of assault rifles of the sort used by the shooters.

But authorities said the shooters’ arms were purchased legally, perhaps exposing the limits of state gun regulations in a country where gun laws vary widely from one state to the next.

Perhaps?

The DPMS Model A15 and a Smith and Wesson M&P15 that Farook and Malik used aren’t explicitly prohibited under state law, since both rifles …Read the Rest

Source:: Truth About Guns

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