Everything you need to know about Gun Control:

Every so often, Americans start talking about restricting the right of the people to keep and bear arms.  It is commonly discussed after a particularly disturbing event, the most recent being the Parkland Florida shooting.

It can be confusing trying to figure out exactly how this happened. However, one thing is not confusing at all, as it is undeniably supported by statistics.

The American gun owner is better than Law Enforcement at keeping guns out of the hands of those who should not have them.

The ATF tried to buy firearms from private sellers without a background check.  The result was astounding:

"All of Our Attempts to Illegally Purchase Firearms from Private Sellers on the Surface Web Were Unsuccessful."



Multiple Law Enforcement Organizations received notifications about Cruz's threatening language and behavior, no less than 21 times in fact. More alarmingly, the FBI was informed 5 weeks prior to the shooting that Cruz wanted to kill people and was likely to shoot up the school.

Compare that to the American private sellers that refused to break the law 100% of the time, when the ATF tried to make improper purchases on the surface web.

Law Enforcement has a difficult job with tens of thousands of potential psychopaths to police. The great thing about private firearms sales in America is that the American gun owner is excellent at making sure his or her firearm does not make it into the hands of the wrong person.  There are far more private firearms owners than Police Officers in this country.  That means that the gun owner has a lot more time to make sure they are vetting the other party prior to selling that individual a firearm.

Law Enforcement already is already overworked. And to make things worse, some police departments, like The Broward County Sheriff's office, are incompetent.  Making guns "harder to get" by passing more laws will only make this problem worse.


Source: https://www.gao.gov/assets/690/688535.pdf