Friday, October 13, 2017

The Guardian: Background Check Laws Fail in CO, WA Because Citizens Will Not Comply



The Guardian: Background Check Laws Fail in CO, WA Because Citizens Will Not Comply
by AWR Hawkins 13 Oct 2017
On October 13 the Guardian reported that background check laws in Colorado and Washington state have proven a failure because citizens simply will not comply with them.

This means that after millions upon millions spent, political offices lost, and promises of a Utopian world with less gun crime made, the checks have been a bust.

According to The Guardian, the failure of these background check laws was discovered via research by Injury Prevention and it “is a setback for a growing gun control movement that has centered its national strategy on precisely the kind of state laws passed in Colorado and Washington.”

Guns have been sold privately in American since 1791–the year the Second Amendment was ratified. The push to mandate citizens undergo a background check for private gun sales is a Johnny-come-lately in American history, inasmuch as it began in the 1990s (and has made very little progress since). The adoption of universal backgrounds in Colorado in 2013 and Washington state in 2014 was met with great fanfare from the left; progress had finally been achieved.

But not really.

The Guardian:

Opponents of the new laws in both Colorado and Washington had proudly advertised their noncompliance with the new regulations. In Washington, Wintemute and his co-authors noted, more than 1,000 gun rights supporters held an “I will not comply” demonstration at the state capitol where they reportedly flouted the newly passed law in public by transferring firearms to each other in full view of law enforcement. In Colorado, some sheriffs in more conservative rural areas reportedly said they would not enforce the new gun control law, and others that enforcement would simply be “a very low priority.”

Notice, the citizenry and law enforcement alike expressed little desire to comply with laws, which have now proven a waste of time.

The failure of these laws actually goes to the fact that universal background checks are unenforceable without a gun registry, and neither Colorado nor Washington state enacted such a registry. This is not lost on the researchers who studied the failure of gun control in Colorado and Washington state.

For example, Garen Wintemute, one of the Injury Prevention study’s authors, said the failures in Colorado and Washington state does not mean universal background checks are “no good.” Rather, it means “these policies may need more assertive enforcement.”

Let’s connect the dots:

The Guardian

Sidney Blumenthal was a columnist for the Guardian, a consultant for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, a consultant for the American Bridge 21st Century, is Hillary Rodham Clinton’s friend & confidant, and a consultant for the Media Matters for America.

Note: Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.          
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, was a contributor for the American Bridge 21st Century, the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone.     
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Media Matters for America, ProPublica, the Aspen Institute (think tank), and the Harlem Children's Zone.
Jill Abramson is an advisory board member for ProPublica, and a columnist for the Guardian.
David Gergen is an advisory board member for ProPublica, and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank), and Doctors Without Borders.
Marsha Garces Williams was a U.S. advisory board member for the Doctors Without Borders, and is an advisory board member for the Andre Agassi Foundation for Education.  
Bill Hornbuckle is an advisory board member for the Andre Agassi Foundation for Education, and the president & COO for the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino.
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Michael R. Bloomberg is the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation, the founder of Everytown for Gun Safety, the founder of the Independence USA PAC, a co-chair for the Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a co-chair for the Risky Business Project, was a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone, and a contributor for the Americans for Responsible Solutions.
Everytown for Gun Safety is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.
Independence USA PAC is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” PAC for guns.
Mayors Against Illegal Guns is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” group for guns.
Americans for Responsible Solutions is a “Gun Safety, Gun Control” PAC for guns.
Gabrielle Giffords is a co-founder for the Americans for Responsible Solutions, an advisory board member for the Truman Center for National Policy, and an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project.
Madeleine K. Albright is an advisory board member for the Truman Center for National Policy, an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project, and a director at the Center for American Progress.
Center for American Progress calls for heightened “Gun Safety, Gun Control” for guns.
Thomas F. Steyer is a director at the Center for American Progress, a co-chair for the Risky Business Project, and was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Bloomberg Philanthropies is a partner with the Risky Business Project, and an umbrella organization for the Bloomberg Family Foundation.
Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, the Aspen Institute (think tank), and Doctors Without Borders.
Marsha Garces Williams was a U.S. advisory board member for the Doctors Without Borders, and is an advisory board member for the Andre Agassi Foundation for Education.  
Bill Hornbuckle is an advisory board member for the Andre Agassi Foundation for Education, and the president & COO for the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino.
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