Gun rights advocate thinks universal background checks miss point

“Gun violence isn’t occurring from law-abiding
citizens,” says Wisconsin Carry’s Nik Clark.

For a gun rights advocate, a newly formed group in Wisconsin just doesn’t get it.

Nik Clark, from Wisconsin Carry, says the freshly announced Wisconsin Coalition for Gun Safety misses the key issue about gun violence: It typically originates with criminals.

Monday, the new coalition revealed plans to push for universal gun background checks as its first order of business.

“What we see form these liberal groups, not just a resistance but an avoidance of targeting the violent and targeting the areas where they could make some change,” Clark said, “and have an affect on gun violence and turning around and targeting a law-abiding citizen.”

Clark asks, ‘What criminals, intent on violence with a gun, will voluntarily submit to background checks?’

“Gun violence is not occurring from law-abiding citizens,” Clark said. “Gun violence is occurring from people who are already prohibited from owning a gun, who the court system is putting back on the street.”

The focus should be on sentences of felons committing gun crimes and straw purchases, advises Clark, rather than limiting the rights of those who obey the laws.