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.
Many of us enjoy being behind the enemy lines. We’ve become the 2ndA thorn in the side 🙂
@Small Arms Master Gunner, and a special thanks to the people of CA that have agreed to guarantee illegal aliens free healthcare by passing a new law!
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!!
He’s dumber that that………..He divorced Kimberly Guilfoil(sp0.
Keep your powder is a slogan but has plenty of truth to it!
Ahhhhh, California, the land of fruits and nuts.
Not all of us!
Gosh, sure seems that way. Lol. KEEP THE FAITH
May seem to an outsider to be that way, however, we have many great pro-2A people of all parties. We just do not have enough of them to fight the bad eggs. My county voted NOT to support the sanctuary ideology. We voted to work with the feds, including ICE. Our Sheriff has publicly stated that he will not support violations of the 2A, nor support state agents running roughshod over individual rights. He is pro CCW (we have over 10,000 people licensed in the county) and has stated that if push comes to shove, he will deputize every pro-2A… Read more »
DaveW, what you put forth here is the truth. If I didn’t know any better, I’d think you live in my county! And yes, would be a novel idea if the naysayers concerning khalifornistan/mexifornia/kommiefornia/californicate would back individuals like you n I. The conservative voter here in this duma, yes there are many of us, are outnumbered 12 to 1, conservative estimate. And we do understand english and know how to read it. As for grewscum/newscum, you can’t fix narcissistic stupid.
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.
I always thought that a radical Democrat not making any sense was normal SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) for them. Did something change and I just didn’t get the memo?
On a sidebar note, does anyone know if Alan Gura will argue New York State Rifle & Pistol Assoc. v. New York City, in front of SCOTUS, this fall term?
To our knowledge, Alan is not involved with this case.
these are the same elitist leftists that usually live in armed security patrolled gated communities, with alarm systems in their houses and offices, armed body guards when they move about. they are concerned only about the safety of themselves and their loved ones. the safety of our loved ones do not concern them one bit unless they can be used as a political argument to strip our rights away from we the people. paraphrasing Jefferson “government left unchecked will devolve into tyranny” and we can see it is happening in front of our eyes. politicians pretend they are more intelligent… Read more »
If you will utilize capital letters for the beginning of your sentences, it would be much easier to read. Just a thought.
Stop nit picking it is what the writer says that is important!
Nitpicking maybe, but harder to read w/o capital letters. Maybe more would have read it then. or do you prefer it this way. TheOP has good ideas but his post is complex and more difficult without the correct lettering
“Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government’s purposes are beneficent.
Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-minded rulers.
The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding.”
(Olmstead vs US, 277 U.S. 438, 479 (1928)
@John Dunlap, I like the quotes, but what proposition does Olmstead stand for, in a sentence or to, just for context?
They do not get it and never will.
The only quote that explains gun control is Mao’s; Political power flows out the barrel of a gun, and the Chinese Communist Party must never let it slip from there grasp.
Translated into American; political power flows out the barrel of a gun, therefore the American people must always have guns.
And plenty of ammo!
Phil in TX