‘Universal’ Background Checks and Waiting Periods are Inherently Dangerous

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Posted December 4, 2019 8:00 pm by Comments

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Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif., chairman of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, joins gun violence prevention advocates to mark the 20th anniversary of the implementation of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, at the Capitol in Washington. At left is Dan Gross, president of the Brady Campaign and Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence. The law, named for James Brady, the White House press secretary who was seriously injured in the 1981 assassination attempt against President Ronald Reagan, called for a five-day waiting period for the purchase of a handgun and a background check of any individual purchasing a firearm from a federally licensed dealer. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

By Miguel A. Faria, M.D. A good approach to gun violence and street crime should not involve penalizing law-abiding citizens and infringing on their Second Amendment rights, while coddling criminals. Yet that is exactly what Democrats want to do. In fact they have tried to exempt criminal gangs from the draconian laws, including red flag […]

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