Posted September 5, 2019 12:00 pm by Comments

By Tom Knighton

Former Navy SEAL turned Congressman Dan Crenshaw wanted to make a point. He shared a story about a woman who used her handgun to fend off an attacker. He pointed out, correctly, that universal background checks would make it so that he’d be unable to loan a friend a firearm so they could do as the woman in the story had done. They wouldn’t be able to defend themselves.

Now, Crenshaw was right. Trying to loan a gun to someone under a universal background check law is illegal. To do so, you have to initiate a transfer via an FFL holder. The problem? Well, there are a lot of them, including that it takes time someone may not have. If they’re heading out of town on a road trip, they may not be able to afford the time to go and deal with the hassle of a background check, especially since it can take days in some cases.

And that’s assuming there’s not an imminent threat to their lives.

Yet with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, there’s only one possible reason Crenshaw couldn’t loan a gun to a friend: They’re all abusers and criminals.

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Source:: Bearing Arms

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