Dianne Feinstein on Synagogue Attack: ‘Enough is Enough,’ More Gun Control Now

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) responded to the attack on the Congregation Chabad in Poway by calling for more gun control now.

She used a tweet to criticize  “weapons of war,” adding, “It’s far past time we put in place concrete, common sense gun safety policies to take these weapons off our streets.”

Feinstein wrote: “Military-style weapons are far too easy to purchase, often with no background check at all, and they’re designed to be as deadly as possible.”

She did not mention that California, the state in which the synagogue attack occurred, already has an “assault weapons” ban. Nor did she mention that California has universal background checks, which means buying any gun, whether a rifle, shotgun, or five-shot revolver, is illegal there.

Feinstein also overlooked California’s gun registration requirements, gun confiscation via Red Flag Laws, the safety certificate requirement for would-be gun purchasers, and the prohibition making it illegal for 18-20 year-olds to buy firearms.

And there are many other gun controls in California, including ammunition controls, but none of them prevented the attack.

President Trump called for armed protection for places of worship following the October 27, 2018, attack on the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His calls for armed protection were mocked by Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) and student gun control activist David Hogg. Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto rejected the call for armed security and shifted the conversation to more gun control.

AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio. Follow him on Twitter: @AWRHawkins. Reach him directly at awrhawkins@breitbart.com. Sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange.