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GUNS: Beware this sneak assault

| December 9, 2015 8:00 PM

I just saw that President Obama has come up with a way to shut down gun shows, without Congress. Almost all dealers, at gun shows, have a Federal Firearms License, and so, they do background checks with every gun purchase. It is the “Must do something” syndrome, even when it is not the problem. Pres. Obama, and all law enforcement agencies including the FBI know that criminals, and mass murderers do not get their weapons from gun shows. Not one mass murderer got their weapon from a gun show. Sandy Hook from his mother, the San Bernardino shooters got theirs from a gun dealer. This is the reason that any reasonable effort to curb gun violence is defeated, because Congress is not a mob, and they are not prone to “Knee Jerk” legislation.

Once again the NRA is under attack. It’s as if the NRA armed these murderers. We suffer for all the families of the victims, and somewhat more, as we know that President Obama, Hillary, and every news caster is going to vent and blame us for all gun deaths. Roseburg, Ore., President Obama, makes a well publicized visit to console the families of the victims of that terrible shooting. When he got there, there were the mayor and many townspeople greeting him. On the other side of the road were many protesters to his visit, carrying signs saying, “Pres. Obama, go home.” When a reporter asked why, when the President came on a mission of mercy, they were protesting his visit. A protester told the reporter that they did not like it, that the President was using the tragedy of their town for his own political agenda. So, you can fool some of the people all of the time, as long as they are not from the West.

TERRANCE WOLFERMAN

Coeur d’Alene