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The Nancy Lanza Test for Gun Control Proposals<\/a><\/p>\n

This Tuesday, former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ) published an\u00a0op-ed at The Philadelphia Inquirer<\/a>\u00a0touting universal background checks as a means to saving lives. Tom Knighton has already taken on her misleading op-ed and I recommend that you read\u00a0his article<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 800 lb. gorilla in the room that\u2019s missing in Giffords\u2019 article is that the man who shot her passed a background check when he bought the pistol he used in his crime.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That alone undermines Giffords\u2019 claim in a big way. And it\u2019s not just him; most perpetrators in highly publicized mass attacks that I can think of \u2013 Sutherland Springs, Orlando, San Bernardino, Las Vegas, Charleston \u2013 you name it, all of them passed background checks and in some cases, with glaring\u00a0governmental<\/a>\u00a0incompetence<\/a>. (Others got their guns through theft and straw purchases.)<\/p>\n

Universal background checks simply take the existing background check system and mandate, in an unenforceable way, that all firearms transfers be subject to background checks. This will make no difference in crime because those citizens who will subject themselves to an unenforceable law are by nature law-abiding and the least likely to pose a threat to others. A name that comes to mind as an example of such a citizen is\u00a0Nancy Lanza<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nancy Lanza is the benchmark that those who propose new gun control laws must justify their proposals against. Not only would she have passed any background check \u2013 universal or otherwise \u2013 she would also have met the incrementally higher bars that the Gun Grab Lobby wants to subject ordinary citizens to.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Just look at any of the (unconstitutional) proposals being pushed around these days.<\/p>\n