Why Calls For New Background Checks Ring Hollow

By Tom Knighton

Before we even knew the magnitude of what transpired in Las Vegas, some leftist anti-gun activists were beating the “universal background” check drum. They maintain over and over again that bad people are getting guns and we need more background checks to stop it. They completely ignore evidence to the contrary, mind you, but continue their push.

The problem is, even trying to obtain a firearm is illegal if you’re a convicted felon. This is just a simple fact. However, if you didn’t know that, you can be forgiven. After all, judging by the number of people who are actually arrested for this crime, it seems the government has forgotten it’s illegal as well.

The problem is that background checks are a lie. The crusaders’ big claim, now repeated on all the old-news channels, is that the existing check has stopped about three million gun sales. What a glorious achievement. We need more of this, they say.

Not a single reporter in the entire profession has the brains, training or ethics to ask even the most obvious questions. This perpetuates the lie. Whether that’s deliberate, ignorance, stupidity, a plot, it doesn’t matter. What matters is it’s harmful. …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms