Mass Shootings and Gun Control | National Review Online
by JOHN R. LOTT JR. December 3, 2015
Passing more laws doesn’t keep terrorists from getting guns.
... Putting people on a list and prohibiting them from legally purchasing guns doesn’t really stop them from getting weapons. The fact that people are prohibited from buying certain drugs doesn’t mean people can’t get them. It’s the same with guns. And, incidentally, drug gangs supply both illegal drugs and illegal guns.
Indeed, since Clinton wants to make a comparison to last week’s Paris attacks, we should point out that France’s strict weapon bans didn’t stop the terrorists from getting the AK-47s and explosive belts they used in the attacks.
Strangely, the Oregon, Colorado, California, and Paris shootings are being used to push for additional gun-control laws of the sort that failed to prevent those attacks.
Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/427905/mass-shootings-gun-control
Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/427905/mass-shootings-gun-control
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