2nd Amendment

One anti-gun liberal stepping out the door

Nathaniel Hall 2nd Amendment

I’m not sad to hear that California Senator Barbara Boxer has decided not to run for re-election in 2016. Boxer, who was a supporter of the “assault weapons ban” and limits on so-called “high capacity magazines” will finally call it quits. It’s unlikely, but maybe we can get some more conservatives out of California. During work trips I have talked to quite a few people who say rural California is nothing like the big cities.

H/T TheBlaze (http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/01/08/a-well-known-democratic-senator-just-say-she-wont-run-again-in-2016/)

What would happen with even more background checks?

Nathaniel Hall 2nd Amendment

The Blaze has an article about the number of background checks that were conducted on Black Friday 2013. They say the National Instant Criminal Background System (NICS) does an average of 58,000 checks per day. On Black Friday, that number surged to 145,000.

The problem is that NICS is limited by the data submitted to the system and submitting data is not required. I don’t believe it should be either because background checks don’t stop normally good people from illegally using a gun for the first time. In addition, the amount of strain on the system can cause mistakes and, if liberals have their way, that strain would be significantly increased by requiring a background check every time a gun exchanges hands.

The better solution is more strict punishment for those who use a gun illegally. Allow people to own guns and use guns for the protection of themselves, their family, and their property but stop allowing criminals to roam the street after a short stay in jail or prison. This is not only true with gun crime, but any crime. As the old saying goes “Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time.”