If the proposed remedy for the so-called 'loophole' were law, you would not be able to sell your legally- and privately-owned gun to your friend or neighbor without getting government approval. Basically, if you "do not see how" that affects law-abiding citizens, you're a drooling cretin.
I do not see how passing laws to keep guns out of the hands of criminals affects law abiding citizens. Does this "right that shall not be infringed" extend to terrorists, as well?
This has proven to wholly untrue and in fact has worked in reverse to KEEP THE GUNS OUT OF THE HANDS OF LAW ABIDING CITIZENS.
You say you do indeed own a gun? What state do you live in? How can you not know this? Hmmm...guess you don't live in the NorthEast.
Yes. It extends to all citizens of the U.S. who are not:
A. Convicted felons.
B. Adjudicated as mentally incompetent.
C. In possession of or using controlled substances.
Background checks aren't a problem. The Fed Gov. breaking the law and keeping the data from background checks for other purposes is. By law it is supposed to be deleted within 24 hours. Once you are approved the reason for checking is over with. As it is the Fed. Gov. is keeping NIC's data indefinitely. Now Congress is asking the Atty. Gen. to use it illegally to 'look' for terrorists. BS. Wanna sell all your rights down the river? Just keep your head in that dark place you've got it in. Won't be long.
There is NO LAW that will ever "keep guns out of the hands of criminals" because criminals ignore laws. If passing a law could stop crime there would have been no rapes, robberies, murders, ect because the earliest civilizations and every civilization following have had laws against that and more.
The terrorists attacks of September 11th were made possible by f.a.a security protocols. The inside of an airliner is the ultimate "gun free zone" and look what your wonderful laws that infringe on the 2nd Amendment rights of law abiding citizens allowed.