Three things are certain. Death, taxes, and Democrats using a tragic shooting to push for “sensible” or “common sense” gun control laws that are really just slow plays to confiscation.

The latest up to bat is 2020 presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), who played the same tired tune during a campaign stop in Eau Clair, Wisconsin. The Minnesota Dem decided to use the recent shooting in Aurora, Illinois, as a soapbox to stand on.

“It is time to do something about, by the way, after the tragedy in what we saw happen in Aurora, Illinois yesterday. It is time to put sensible gun legislation in place…” Klobuchar said. “I actually sat across from the president at that meeting, because I have a bill, a bipartisan bill, involving domestic violence … I counted nine times he said he was for universal background checks.”

Sen. Amy Klobuchar responds to Aurora, IL shooting: "It is time to put sensible gun legislation in place."

Sen. Klobuchar, who is running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, is speaking to voters in Eau Clair, Wisconsin. pic.twitter.com/hMEvQjdCaj

— The Hill (@thehill) February 16, 2019

Like most Democrats who tout this kind of thinking, there really aren’t any more laws we can put on the books that would have helped the situation. In fact, like the Parkland shooting before it, what this really amounted to was a direct failure of law enforcement to do their jobs.

This is exactly what the NRA highlighted for Klobuchar on Twitter, who sent out a series of tweets to those “exploiting the tragedy” and suggesting more government intervention would solve the problem after that very government had failed to do its job with the resulting shooting.

(1/8) For all those exploiting the tragedy in #Illinois and insisting that expanding a broken and ineffective background check system will prevent criminals from accessing guns. Please consider the #facts.

— NRA (@NRA) February 17, 2019

(2/8) In 1995, the shooter was convicted of a felony prohibiting him from owning a firearm. #facts

— NRA (@NRA) February 17, 2019

(3/8) In January of 2014, the prohibited shooter was issued a firearms license (Firearm Owner’s Identification Card – FOID) by the state of #Illinois. #facts

— NRA (@NRA) February 17, 2019

(4/8) On March 6, 2014, the shooter applied to purchase a handgun from a local gun dealer in Aurora and PASSED a background check. On March 11, 2014, after waiting the 72 hours required by #Illinois, the shooter took possession of the handgun. #facts

— NRA (@NRA) February 17, 2019

(5/8) On March 16, 2014, the shooter applied for a concealed carry permit. He was rejected because of his prior felony conviction and the state revoked his FOID card. #facts

— NRA (@NRA) February 17, 2019

(6/8) The authorities did not retrieve the firearm, nor did they arrest him for the multiple felonies he committed when purchasing the firearm. #facts

— NRA (@NRA) February 17, 2019

(7/8) Five years later on February 15, 2019, he committed a mass shooting, and within minutes, the gun control lobby was citing the shooting as evidence that we must pass "universal" background checks and other “sensible” gun control. #facts

— NRA (@NRA) February 17, 2019

(8/8) Illinois already has "universal" background checks, gun licensing, and many other restrictive gun control laws. How is this case an example of why we need "universal" background checks (or any other restrictive gun control laws for that matter)? #facts

— NRA (@NRA) February 17, 2019

What politicians like Klobuchar are doing is essentially punishing the innocent for something the guilty did. Whatever “common sense,” or “sensible” legislation they have in mind would begin intruding into right restricting territory.

Especially after the Parkland shooting, they weren’t shy about telling you how far they were willing to go. Even recently, 2020 candidate Kamala Harris suggested that semi-automatics need to go, which is the primary kind of firearm owned in the United States.

Never underestimate how many miles a Democrat will go if you give them an inch.