Minnesota Republicans: Enforce Existing Gun Laws Before Passing New Ones

By Tom Knighton

While Democrats are eager to advocate for pretty much any new gun control law that pops up, or so it seems, Republicans have generally resisted such measures. Not universally by any measure, but by and large, they’re less likely to back gun control bills than their Democratic colleagues.

However, many Republicans point out one of the worst aspects of existing gun control laws, and that’s how they’re not enforced.

Criminals routinely try to purchase guns in violation of federal law, and they’re never prosecuted for it, for example.

In Minnesota, some Republicans in the state are pointing out some other areas of failing enforcement.

Just hours before Margaret Flath’s husband shot and killed her in a domestic dispute two years ago, he had bonded out of jail in Wadena, Minn., on a pending domestic assault charge that barred him from possessing firearms.

Flath’s death was similar to the murder of Julie Hildreth, who was shot outside her local American Legion on the Iron Range in 2015 when her ex-boyfriend turned a hunting rifle on her. He was awaiting sentencing for assaulting her but had not been ordered to turn over his guns, despite a 2014 law that required it.

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Source:: Bearing Arms