{"id":36232,"date":"2013-06-13T12:15:03","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T16:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=36232"},"modified":"2013-06-13T12:15:03","modified_gmt":"2013-06-13T16:15:03","slug":"prosecutors-enforce-existing-gun-laws-in-wake-of-sandy-hook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=36232","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutors enforce existing gun laws in wake of Sandy Hook"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Times<\/a> reports that, for some strange reason, prosecutors have prosecuted criminals in violation of gun laws at a higher rate since Sandy Hook than they did before the tragedy;<\/p>\n

In November, the month before the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School claimed the lives of 20 schoolchildren and six adults, the federal government prosecuted 482 weapons cases, according to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University \u2014 the lowest single-month total since November 2009 and the second-lowest monthly total since President Obama took office in January 2009.<\/p>\n

The number of prosecutions increased to slightly more than 500 in December, January and February and then shot to 673 in March and 697 in April, as Congress debated \u2014 and ultimately rejected \u2014 Mr. Obama\u2019s call for stricter gun control laws.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs far as I can see, there\u2019s been no increase in the size of the agency or its legal authority,\u201d David Burnham, co-director of TRAC, said of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. \u201cWhat triggered this, I don\u2019t know. This really looks like perhaps outside criticism had an effect.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, it’s like we’ve been saying for decades, there are enough gun laws in this country if the government would just use them for a change instead of piling more restrictions on top of law-abiding gun owners and gun dealers. But see, they don’t figure that’s enough, the New York Times<\/a> reports today that the Obama Administration is planning another assault on gun rights;<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve only just finished round one in our fight to get Congress to pass common-sense measures to save lives, and we will continue to join 90 percent of Americans in calling on them to close loopholes in the background check system,\u201d Denis McDonough, Mr. Obama\u2019s White House chief of staff, said Wednesday in an e-mail. \u201cBut in the meantime, we are doing everything in our power without them \u2014 including strengthening the existing background check system.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Good, strengthen the current background checks, that’s fine – it’s what you should have been doing all along. But where are these “loopholes” you want closed? In the last three years, I’ve bought twelve guns of varying types and went through background checks at every purchase, even the guns I’ve bought at gun shows. The “loopholes” are private sales which is nearly impossible to check – the ones they want to stop are between criminals, not legitimate owners, and no matter what restrictions they put on folks who will follow the law, it won’t effect the criminals one whit. 90% of Americans don’t want to prevent me from buying a gun. Ask them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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