Opinion By Larry Keane
USA – -(AmmoLand.com)- Recently, the governor of California managed to use the tragic incident in Virginia Beach to score cheap political points.
Here are the facts, as reported: The shooter legally purchased both handguns he used in this criminal attack.
Newsom’s take: “We just don’t need background checks on guns, we need background checks on every single ammunition purchase…”
California Dreaming
Ignore for a minute the fact that someone who clearly passed two separate FBI background checks to purchase handguns would undoubtedly pass the same check to purchase ammunition.
Just because California has a law on the books doesn’t mean it will accomplish anything but serving as an inconvenience for law-abiding citizens. During the Obama Administration, his Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Countryman fought against including ammunition in the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty. He warned the international community of “significant burdens associated with licensing, authorizations, and recordkeeping.”
Countryman continued, “Our own experience in regulating domestic transfers has shown that there is little utility for law enforcement in imposing the same controls on ammunition transfers as we do on arms. Accordingly, the United States largely eliminated most controls on domestic transfers of ammunition.”
Sen. Booker Steps In It Too
Even fellow Democratic presidential candidate, and bad-idea generator, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, couldn’t even pretend to name a policy that would have prevented the incident.
The Virginia Beach Police Chief has publicly stated that no gun control law would have changed the outcome of the attack:
“We do have the Second Amendment, it is very stringent for our country. In this particular case the weapons were obtained legally. Everything was done in a legal manner by this individual.”
Yet the spotlight-hungry Newsom thinks he knows better than Virginia how the state should legislate away the Second Amendment rights of Virginians. Fortunately, Newsom’s vision of a California-ized America will have to wait.
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If you have not already moved from California then you are one of the fruits and nuts.
Newsom is a special ed type of guy with dyslexia. I guess he sees everything backwards. Booker is a pimp and a big mouthed one at that. I can’t imagine having to listen to his mouth for four years.
Just remember the only thing that will make the Democrats happy is total removal of the 2nd amendment from the constitution.
This guy is NEVER to be trusted. He was “doing” his best friends wife when the token mayor of SFO while he was married himself. Not only did he disgrace himself, his marriage but also his own wife. He is just another POS from Khalifornia, the state of political FRUITS, NUTS and FLAKES. He is also a member of the KHALIFORNIA CRIME FAMILY consisting of four families and their supporters.
“California-ized”? More like CALIFORNICATED!
Well what did you expect from Newscum?! Idiocy runs in his family since his aunt is Nancy Pelosi!!
Keep your powder is a slogan but has plenty of truth to it!
Ahhhhh, California, the land of fruits and nuts.
The only reason is history for confiscation of arms is planned extermination. Newsome, is this your plan? These hoplophobes never change and their lust for power over every facet of your life never diminishes. If he is a true believer, he should release his cadre of arms guards and tear down his walls and let the illegal aliens live on his lawn.
If you watch Newsom when he talks he tries to imitate Ronald Reagan in his mannerisms and looks, but he sure doesn’t sound like Reagan nor does he have the values Reagan had.
This guy is a wannabe future president.