I live in CA where all sales are thru a dealer (FFL) with background checks and 10 day waiting periods. I cannot count the number of background checks I have had over the years, but trust me, they must work. I haven’t shot anybody. Without all the background checks, there is just no telling what I may have done.
***but trust me, they must work.***
Yep. California’s background checks didn’t prevent Pat Purdy from getting a handgun. He PASSED the background check with flying colors even after just being released from a mental hospital, then went to Oregon and purchased an AK-47. Then he went and shot up the Stockton School yard.
It also didn’t prevent to moslems from buying legally handguns, then obtaining AR-15s from a friend and shooting up a Christmas Party a few weeks ago.