Actor Mark Hamill pushed for an “assault weapons” ban Wednesday, just hours after a 67-year-old attacker killed three people at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) with a handgun.
Gun-control group Newtown Action Alliance posted Hamill’s comments as part of its eleventh Annual National Vigil for All Victims of Gun Violence.
Hamill spoke about gun violence, saying, “We need to end this public health crisis now, ban ‘assault weapons’ now, enact universal background checks now, pass red flag laws now.”
He did not mention that California has had an “assault weapons” ban for more than 30 years and universal background checks for nearly as long. Moreover, it adopted Gun Violence Protective Orders — A.K.A. a red flag law — in 2014, according to Giffords.
In fact, California has every gun control that Democrats have spent decades pushing on the federal…
