Would universal background checks have stopped Adam lanza or james Holmes?

Great point, THANK YOU! LaPierre is a moron who only cares about being a lobbyist for the gun manufacturers.

Same thing happened in Newtown too. He tried to buy and was turned down so he stole his moms. Background checks do work in keeping weapons out of the hands of some but time and time again, if they want one, they find a way to get one.

Background checks may limit, mostly the honest ones but they don't do much for the criminals and or crazies.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.