Shannon Watts Claims There’s No Background Checks For Long Guns In Texas

By Tom Knighton

Shannon Watts has been at the gun control game for long enough she should at least understand what laws are on the books. After all, how can you agitate for additional laws if you don’t know what’s on the books, right?

Further, she likes to share her thoughts on social media sites like Twitter, where people routinely will tell you that you’re as screwed up as a football bat the moment you utter anything at all, but especially if you utter nonsense. As a result of that, Watts should have a pretty good indication of what is right and what isn’t, at least with gun laws.

So that means she’s most likely lying with this one in the aftermath of the church shooting in Texas on Sunday.

That means he’s prohibited purchaser, but there’s absolutely no regulation of long guns (AR15s) in Texas. No background check required. https://t.co/H0oqxgEsx9

— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) November 6, 2017

No background check required, huh?

Oh, Shannon, Shannon, Shannon.

First, let’s understand something. Background checks are federally mandated when a gun is purchased from a licensed firearm dealer. These include dealers at Texas gun shows. The vast majority of sales of long guns take place with a …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms