Schakowsky; Paris proves we need tighter gun control here

According to BuzzFeed, Illinois Democrat Representative Jan Schakowsky told a radio audience that the terrorist attack in Paris is a “chilling reminder” that “These people used the kinds of weapons that are still available in the United States of America. And I think it ought cause us to have another consideration of sensible gun safety laws.” She continued with more unadulterated BS;

“I do want to remind you, before we killed a jihadist named Awlaki, he did a video that said to Americans, ‘join the jihad and get guns, because it’s so easy in the United States of America to get a weapon,’”

Well, first of all, the gun laws in France are the kinds of laws that the Left is always holding up as an example of the types of restrictions we should have in the US, you know, the “civilized world” as opposed to the US uncivilized world. That didn’t work so well for France. The terrorists used fully automatic weapons and those are absolutely prohibited in France – they’re also heavily regulated in the United States. Semi-automatic weapons are heavily restricted in France and handguns are generally prohibited with very narrow exceptions.

Secondly, as the BuzzFeed article points out, it wasn’t Awlaki who said that it’s so easy to get weapons in the US. It was the late Adam Gadahn who said;

“America is absolutely awash with easily obtainable firearms. You can go down to a gun show at the local convention center and come away with a fully automatic assault rifle, without a background check, and most likely without having to show an identification card.”

Gadahn’s assessment of the availability of guns in the US is what the Left and Congresswoman Schakowsky would like us to believe. He said that four years ago, and there’s no one taking his advice.

The guns used in Paris last week actually came from Belgium, which has more restrictive firearms laws than France, but somehow criminals disregarded actual laws and still acquired firearms, and apparently they avoided background checks (France not only requires background checks, but also third-party references for firearm licensing). I guess that’s why we call them criminals, but that’s probably of little comfort to the families of their victims. You know, like that free-fire zone in Schakowsky’s Congressional District just north of Chicago.

In order to take advantage of the tragedy, on her website, Jan Schakowsky used the Paris attacks to go after guns in her Statement on the Paris Attacks to her constituents;

As we now consider enhanced national security strategies here at home, we should make, as a top priority, reducing the easy availability of the kinds of weapons that can and have been used in mass shootings. A now dead terrorist called on would-be American recruits in a video to take advantage of the easy access to such weapons to commit acts of terror. If we are to address violence, terrorism and security at home, we must enact sensible gun safety laws.

“Sensible gun safety laws”. OK, let’s hear them. I think the Congresswoman’s idea of safety is not the same as mine.

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