Lamar Smith: “Within minutes of the tragic shooting in Las Vegas, Democrats and the liberal media called for more gun control…”

“Within minutes of the tragic shooting in Las Vegas, Democrats and the liberal media called for more gun control measures. A recent Washington Post op-ed describes how one gun control advocate researched restrictive gun laws in Great Britain and in Australia, only to discover that gun buybacks and gun bans do not reduce mass shootings or gun-related crimes. She said: ``The case for the''--gun control--``policies I had lobbied for crumbled when I examined the evidence. . . . But I can't endorse policies whose only selling point is that gun owners hate them. Policies that often seem as if they were drafted by people who have encountered guns only as a figure in a briefing book or an image on the news.'' This researcher concluded that more lives would be saved by focusing on individuals instead of guns. We should ensure that background checks work as intended and prevent those with mental health issues from acquiring guns. This actually will do some good, as opposed to meaningless gun regulations. ____________________”