A background check to BUY a gun—yes—but to OWN one?
The number one problem in my mind without the background check is that it opens the door to the sale of guns on the street to anyone that can hold it. I’m a firm 2nd amendment believer but I also think I have enough common sense to understand that not everyone on the street should have the opportunity to get a gun and carry it concealed.
Too many people running amuk with nothing more between their ears than open range. You don’t give a loaded gun to a child. And opening up the carry with no possible means of stopping it without actual forcing the owner to carry a bill of sale, and confronting the carrier, doesn’t separate the responsible from the nut. And that’s all they have without actually witnessing someone unlawfully using it. Most criminals don’t call 911 before they break the law and wait there for the heat.
rwood