Perhaps Nancy could have told us exactly what measures would have stopped the murder at Capital Gazette?
Reacting to newspaper shooting, Pelosi decries lack of gun control as ‘stain on our country’
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi decried the lack of legislative action on gun control Thursday after multiple people were gunned down at the Capital Gazette newspaper in Maryland.
“Praying for everyone injured & the families of those lost in today’s shooting at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland,†the California Democrat tweeted Thursday afternoon.
“Congress has a responsibility to take action to prevent the tragedy of gun violence. Every day it fails to do so is a stain on our country,†she wrote.
Praying for everyone injured & the families of those lost in today’s shooting at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland. Congress has a responsibility to take action to prevent the tragedy of gun violence. Every day it fails to do so is a stain on our country.
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) June 28, 2018
The bodies weren’t even cold when she tweeted this. Jarrod Ramos, the nutjob who committed the murders, used a shotgun legally purchased in Maryland. Is Nancy now recommending that shotguns be banned? Other than the Australian solution, ie, banning guns almost altogether, what part of the Democrats gun control push would have stopped Ramos? He passed a background check a year ago. He didn’t buy it at a gun show with a loophole. Maryland itself is pretty tough on 2nd Amendment Rights. The gun grabbing Giffords Law Center gives the state an A-. Only about half a dozens states get an A rating from the gun grabbers.
The only thing that might have possibly maybe stopped him, at least from using a gun, was a red flag law, which doesn’t go into effect till October in Maryland. But, even then, would a family member or law enforcement have filed a case?
So, please, Nancy, let us know what legislative priorities would have stopped this? Murder is illegal. Attempted murder is illegal. An assault weapons ban and universal background checks wouldn’t have stopped this.
