Moms Demand: ‘Outlaw’ Biker Gangs Wouldn’t Have Guns If We Expanded Background Checks
(Rod Aydelotte/Waco Tribune-Herald via AP)
Washington DC – -(Ammoland.com)- In the wake of the Sunday shootout between outlaw biker gangs in Waco, Texas, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America is stressing that outlaw biker gangs would not have guns if legislators expanded background checks.
According to The Hill, Moms Demand Action’s Texas leader, Angela Turner, said, “There is no single solution to ending gun violence, but we do know that background checks on all gun sales save lives and keep guns out of the wrong hands.”
Turner also said the shootout ought to be a wakeup call regarding open carry, although she did not explain how a shootout between outlaw bikers is in any way related to law-abiding citizens openly carrying firearms.
\Moms Demand founder Shannon Watts voiced her support for expanding background checks via Twitter.
At 5:43 a.m. Monday morning she wrote: “Dear Texas lawmakers: more guns in more places with fewer safeguards [is] not [a] winning strategy for public safety.” Hours later, at 9:03 a.m., she sent another tweet saying the outlaw biker shootout “should be wake up call for Texas legislators: stop taking orders from gun lobby; listen to police and constituents.”
You’ve got to be kidding me. If my mother were a part of this organization, I would disown myself. No joke-I’d rather be an orphan than be connected with such misinformed individuals.
I’d like to know how Angela Turner, Moms Demand Action’s Texas leader, came up with the idea that background checks on all guns sales have the ability to keep guns out of the wrong hands. When I read this for the first time, I couldn’t help but ask, “Come again?”
Since when do biker gangs listen to authority? Last time I checked, these shady individuals prefer a more rebellious lifestyle, free from all government mandates and statutes. I implore Mrs. Turner to consider the notion that biker gangs would find other ways to acquire their guns. I may be off the mark here, but I think criminals prefer other, more illegal methods of firearm acquisition.
If you made it through the whole article without feeling the need to shove a stick into your eye, I applaud you. I made it just several Angela Turner quotes in before feeling the urge to mace my own face.
