Background check useless if gun buyer isn’t on the list  The
Adam Zyglis editorial cartoon blaming the National Rifle
Association’s supposed burying of gun background check
legislation for the Navy Yard shooting deaths ignores the fact
that the shooter heeded Joe Biden’s suggestion to buy a shotgun
and, in doing so from a licensed dealer, underwent a federal
background check. Because his name was not in the system, not on
the “no-buy” list so to speak, he was sold the gun.  This
illustrates one of the main problems in this tragic affair,
which is why, in spite of his gun related run-ins with the law,
the shooter was never put on the “no-buy” list. All the
background checks in the world won’t stop a legal purchase if a
dangerous person is not on the “no-buy” list. By the way, those
background checks won’t stop the vast majority of criminals who
kill people in gang or drug-related shootings who get their guns
illegally on the black market.  On the opposite page from
Zyglis’ cartoon, Leonard Pitts goes on anothe