The Santa Clarita Shooting Happened In Another Gun Free Zone

Cam Edwards at the website Bearing Arms has a post analyzing the latest school shooting in Santa Clarita, California. The killer was a 16 year old, who at the time of the writing survived the self inflicted head wound, no doubt meant to kill himself as well. A hat tip to David Hardy if the website Of Arms And The Law for pointing me to the post. The first thing to note is that California has every gun control wish list on its books, including Red Flag laws. They didn't stop the attack. Also, note that a person 16 year of age can not legally own a weapon, and yet, he had one.

Cam Edwards post can be found at Bearing Arms under the title Details Emerge In Santa Clarita Shooting, But Democrats Don't Wait For Facts. As an example of not waiting for facts to emerge, or even noticing that none of the proposals currently on the books would have made a difference at all:

Meanwhile, gun control activists like Shannon Watts from Moms Demand Action are trying to pin the blame on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, with the hashtag #MassacreMitch trending on Twitter. What gun control law passed by the House would have prevented this attack? It doesn’t matter. As long as they can try to blame Republicans or “the gun lobby” for a shooting that happened in a state with the most restrictive gun control laws in the country and a government that’s completely controlled by Democrats, they will.

The truth is, the person responsible for this shooting shot himself in the head after trying to murder his classmates. I don’t know or care what this 16-year old’s political beliefs are. Neither Democrats nor Republicans are to blame for today’s shooting. However, it’s a fact that you can have universal background checks, a ten day waiting period on firearms purchases, background checks on ammunition purchases, an “assault weapons” ban, microstamping, a “high capacity” magazine ban, red flag laws, “safe storage” laws, age restrictions on purchasing firearms, and dozens of other gun control laws and still have an attack like this happen.

And, of course, the gun grabbers know that more laws won't stop the killing. These school shootings and others like it are an excuse to disarm you and me.