Universal Background Checks don’t work, so why do they want more?

By Rob Morse

U.S.A. (Ammoland.com)- I’ve made mistakes before and I’ll probably make some again. That is why it’s important to be aware and skeptical as we try new ideas. There is a time for persistence and a time to ask if you’re headed in the right direction. All that came to mind as I read about the US House of Representatives proposing universal background checks for firearms owners. These background checks have failed too many times to try them again.

The fundamental failure of a background check is that it looks backward. Mass murder is not a long-term career path. Background checks do nothing to stop a first-time mass murderer. Here are the most recent examples.

2018

• The mass murderer who killed 12 people at a country western bar in Thousand Oaks, California passed his background checks..several times.
• The mass murderer who killed 11 people in a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania synagogue passed his background checks for each weapon he owned.
• The mass murderer who killed four people in an Annapolis, Maryland newspaper office purchased his firearms legally and passed his background checks.
• The student who killed 10 people in his El Paso, Texas high school stole his guns. He took the legally owned guns from his father …Read the Rest

  Source:: AmmoLand