Sen. Bob Casey: Easier to Get an AR-15 than a Coronavirus Test

On Friday Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) tweeted that it is easier to get an AR-15 rifle than a coronavirus test.

Right now in America, it is easier to get an AR-15 than a test kit for COVID-19.

— Senator Bob Casey (@SenBobCasey) March 13, 2020

He did not outline the steps for getting a coronavirus test, but the process for getting an AR-15 involves:

1. Going to store to find rifle
2. Showing proper ID to a retailer
3. Undergoing an FBI background check
4. Undergoing waiting period (where applicable)
   1. For example, there is a 10-day waiting period in California.

On February 19, 2018, Breitbart News reported CBS News’ claim that it was easier to buy an “assault rifle” than anti-diarrhea medicine in bulk in Florida. They made this claim days after a the Parkland high school shooting, in which an attacker killed 17 people with a rifle he acquired via background check.

The acquisition of such a rifle in Florida involves a three-day waiting period.

AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio. Follow him on Twitter: @AWRHawkins. Reach him directly at awrhawkins@breitbart.com. Sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange