Right. But tell that to LaPierre. That's another part of the problem, this insane "no prisoners" approach on both sides: With proper background checks, we should be able to expand the number of people who can safely, legally carry. Problem is, the background checks will piss off the NRA and the expanded number of permits will piss off the other side.
There are two problems with a universal background check requirement.
The first is that background checks cost money and require some infrastructure that private sellers are unlikely to have. Most private sales are one guy selling a used gun to another. Are they supposed to go to the police station for that?
The second is that background checks establish the framework of an infrastructure to register all gun ownership, which in turn presents the possibility of later confiscation. Do you really want the government to know where every gun is?
By the way, if you think the government ought to be taking action on those background checks, perhaps by arresting and prosecuting those who are caught lying on the forms, your Vice President has already dismissed that idea, saying "We haven't got time for that!" What's the point of all these background checks you want, then?
Seems to me that the objective is merely to harass and burden those of us who would pass the checks anyway.
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