[.38sw]

Oh, yeah. This looks to be the next tactic of the anti-freedom crowd. This was reported locally at the top-of-the-hour news blurb on the San Francosco (conservative) radio station I listend to. The newsreader opened with "Are background checks enough?", then gave a brief description of the murder-suicide, and emphasized that the perp purchased the gun legally, passed the background check. Also emphased that it was a "small, cheap gun favored for self-defense". Junk gun alert!

[coloradan]

That is a known trap of the gun prohibitionists:

When a gun that was purchased without a background check is used in a crime, it is "proof" that all transfers must be made with the check.

When a gun is used in a crime that was obtained with a check, but was otherwise unregistered or unlicensed it is "proof" that all guns need registration and/or licensing.

And when a registered, background-checked gun is used in a crime, it's proof that that particular type of gun (handgun, "assault weapon," "junk" gun, etc.) needs to be banned.

There is no level of governmental control or restriction that is sufficient for them, such that when that level of control is reached, the focus is no longer on additional restrictions. Since pushes for more control will always come, it is vital to always resist them.