April 17, 2013 11:29AM # Don’t Fall For Obama’s Gun Control Folly By [Tim Lynch](https://www.cato.org/people/tim-lynch) --- SHARE *Washington Post* Columnist [Courtland Milloy](http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/false-hope-and-folly-in-gun-control-bill/2013/04/16/595cd08c-a6da-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html) says he isn’t falling for Obama’s gun control proposal. Here’s an excerpt from his column today: > Politicians would do well to learn how the real war on gun violence is being fought. For example: > > > In federal court last week, 23-year-old Ezra Griffith was convicted of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon. D.C. homicide detectives had confiscated a 9mm Glock with an extended 30-round magazine during a search of Griffith’s apartment in Southeast Washington. The U.S. Attorney’s Office successfully prosecuted the case. > > > Another gunman off to jail. Another gun off the streets. That’s how it’s done. Go after the criminal. Take his illegal gun. Leave everybody else alone. > > > The proposed national gun control legislation would make it harder for law-abiding citizens to purchase guns — and, if passed, would surely be hailed as a victory over the “gun lobby.” But it would do nothing to curb gun violence where the problem is at its worse — in black neighborhoods. Nor would it do much to stop the kind of carnage that occurred in Newtown last year. ##### Related Tags [Constitutional Law](https://www.cato.org/constitutional-law), [Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies](https://www.cato.org/robert-levy-center-constitutional-studies) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).