We regularly cover cases where gun control laws failed to work as designed. We don't cover all of them, though. If we did, we'd never have time to cover anything else. We don't even have time to do a daily round-up of the examples because there are way too many.

But when I can, I do cover them.

The most recent was a case out of Minnesota, where a 17-year-old was arrested with a number of pistols, some of which were equipped with full-auto switches.

Each example that's highlighted has a plethora of gun control failures at work. They vary in exactly what laws failed to do what, but the universal constant is that the laws in place didn't stop someone intent on breaking the law.

Of course, each and every example is something an anti-gunner will look at and say that the problem is that we don't have enough laws.

Well, David Workman saw that case out of Minnesota, too, as well as a number of other examples, which he highlighted in a recent piece. The headline of that piece asks, "Are Anti-Gunners Stubborn or Brain Dead? Criminals Ignore Gun Laws," which is a fair question.

Then he goes on to say:

The gun prohibition lobby and its allies in state legislatures and on Capitol Hill either don’t “get it” or actually don’t care that criminals ignore gun control laws. All of the restrictive measures adopted anywhere in the country only affect law-abiding citizens. Honest people are inconvenienced, penalized and presumed to be guilty of crimes which haven’t been committed.

Critics of tougher gun laws—the grassroots gun rights activists—believe all of the restrictions are actually designed to discourage people from exercising their Second Amendment-protected right to keep and bear arms.

For example, out in Washington, anti-gun lawmakers are pushing legislation House Bill 1163, which requires a permit-to-purchase a firearm. This mandate would include completion of a gun safety course, including a live-fire exercise, and starting in November 2026, would also apply to obtaining and renewing concealed pistol licenses. If the law is adopted, firearms rights groups have already vowed to mount challenges in court. The bill is up for a hearing this Friday before the Senate Ways and Means Committee.

How this might affect Washington CPL applications remains to be seen. The state Department of Licensing told Ammoland News that March ended with 700,943 active CPLs. The number is up from February’s 699,350 active licenses.

It amounts to a signal that Evergreen State residents are not buying any of the arguments that stricter gun control laws will make them safer. With more than 21 million active carry licenses across the U.S., people in other states have obviously reached the same conclusion while anti-gun politicians continue to bury their heads in the sand.

I can't disagree with those grassroots gun rights activists Workman mentions, because there's absolutely no situation where a permit-to-purchase law is going to stop criminals from getting guns.

Straw buyers might be a tad hesitant to get a permit, but considering they have to fill out a Form 4473 anyway, that's unlikely to do all that much. Especially if they plan to say the gun was stolen.

But it does make it more burdensome to actually buy a gun. Depending on the specific requirements, it might be enough to make someone wonder if it's worth the bother at all. The same with burdensome requirements to get a concealed carry permit.

It doesn't, however, do anything to criminals. Nothing at all.

Yet the problem with states like Washington is that unless people are surrounded by guns and gun rights supporters, they're unlikely to really hear the other side of the debate. The media might pick the odd soundbite or quote to drop so they look like they're covering both sides, but there's a lot more to the debate than the odd reference or comment, and everyone knows it.

So these people who live in urban environments where shooting is primarily a thing that criminals do get the wrong idea and no one is providing the other side of the debate to them in a place they'll actually see.

And honestly, most people aren't that interested in looking at stuff like this critically.

But the activists are knee-deep in this. They've heard all of the rebuttals and they still hold firm. They still push for laws like this.

As for whether they're brain dead or just stubborn, well, is both an option?