Why Universal Background Checks Would Have Failed In Odessa

By Tom Knighton

The Odessa shooting looked like a moment for gun control that they’ve been waiting for, a chance to prove that universal background checks could stop a mass shooting. After all, the killer had been barred from buying a gun already and purchased his AR-15 via a face-to-face transfer, something that would become illegal under a universal background check law.

However, the more we now know more about the gunman and how he got his weapon.

Authorities in Texas have identified a person suspected of illegally manufacturing a rifle and selling it to the man who allegedly killed seven people and wounded more than 20 others in West Texas last Saturday, a report said.

Law-enforcement authorities believe the man lives in Lubbock, Texas, but his identity was not released, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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Authorities believe the man was illegally buying parts to guns, assembling a single firearm and then reselling it, the Journal reported.

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In other words, the seller was allegedly breaking the law to assemble parts into working firearms. He was reportedly already breaking the law.

While anti-gunners wring their hands and plot how to use this vicious and deadly attack to create more gun control, we …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms