Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam confessed to high schoolers that none of his gun control proposals would have prevented the tragic murders in Virginia Beach.
Northam isn’t out of options. If he truly cares about making a difference and keeping firearms out of the hands of those who should never posses them, he can look to the example of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. Instead of infringing upon law-abiding gun owners’ rights, Abbott invested a $1 million grant to the firearms-industry’s Project Childsafe to provide free gun safety kits with gun locks to prevent the unauthorized access and misuse of firearms.
This is just one of the real solutions for safer communities championed by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, including ensuring all disqualifying mental health records are submitted to the FBI’s NICS database, as well as working with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to bring criminals responsible for the robberies and burglaries of firearms retailers to justice through matching reward offers, and partnering with the largest suicide prevention group and the Department of Veterans Affairs to reduce and eliminate suicide by firearms.
These are proposals that save lives. Northam’s special session is only about attempting to save his bankrupt reputation.
