What the Democrats should do about gun background checks

ANALYSIS/OPINION: Like all deceits, the Democrat’s narrative about gun background checks is crumbling under inspection — thankfully, it is also exposing what must be done. The evil actions of a murderer in Illinois, who killed five people after being fired from his job on Feb. 15, at first seemed convenient to Democrats in Congress[1] as they push “universal” background check legislation (universal is in quotes because it can’t be universal when criminals, by definition, won’t follow it). Last week, Democrats on the U.S, House of Representative’s Judiciary Committee passed the “Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019” with a partisan, party-line vote of 23-15. The bill is expected to be voted on this month by the entire House. But now, with the facts starting to come out on how the gunman in Illinois got his handgun, the story has become inconvenient for Democrats. The murderer, Gary Martin[2], had served time in prison in Mississippi for aggravated battery. In 1994, when his then-girlfriend told him to get out of their apartment, Martin[3] beat her with a baseball bat and stabbed her with a butcher knife. Martin[4] subsequently served about two years for the felony. In 2014, Martin[5] lied about his criminal record on an application for an Illinois Firearm Owners Identification card (known as a “FOID”). A background check at the time didn’t turn up his 1995 felony conviction. He soon got the FOID and used it to buy a handgun. When he later applied for a concealed-carry permit his felony conviction (barring him from buying or owning a firearm) turned up. The police sent him a letter telling him to turn in his FOID card and his handgun. But the police never followed up. They never did go and get the gun from him. Martin[6] used this handgun to murder

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