I'm not high on the NRA myself, but no their policy is NOT to allow EVERYONE to have all the guns they want.
OF COURSE they take a hard line stance on any and all intrusions on the 2nd because it is absolutely true that if you given humans an inch, they will take a mile. No one believes that if the NRA and gun owners would just give a little on back ground checks that the anti gun crowd would be satisfied and stop asking for more gun control measures. Why, because the anti gun crowd has proven that to be a valid concern time after time after time.
It absolutely is. Transactions between private parties for gun sales are not subject to any regulation whatsoever. And the NRA has rebuffed any attempts to change that.
True they oppose that, but felons are ALREADY not allowed to own firearms and making individuals perform back ground checks would not change that at all., plus how would even hope to enforce such a law?
If anyone knows that by selling their weapon to someone without doing a background check they could face weapons charges, it would be self-enforcing.
That's how laws work. Punishment tends to deter some. It won't catch everyone, but it's a common sense law that could prevent some violence. Unfortunately, the NRA places more value on a buck than they do a life.
It wouldn't prevent shit Gary. I just looked at my local FaceBook yardsale sites and there are right now about 50 AR15s for sale by various owners within a 25 mile radius, and I live in a small town. If just one of those people is willing to sell an AR15 to someone that should not have one, then your proposed law has not prevented ANYONE from obtaining a weapon.
You want sensible background checks? Here you go.
EVERY person in the US who wants the ability to buy a gun, of ANY sort, is required to undergo the same back ground check that is currently required to be able to legally own a fully automatic weapon. To be renewed once every 10 years, with systems in place to put a hold on said right for whatever reason the government deems necessary. For example, if you have the bakground check and then the police respond to a domestic disturbance call at your house then your right to buy is temporarily suspended.
Meanwhile, IF you come in contact with police for ANY reason and are found to have so much as a .38 revolver without the proper background check you get 5 years in prison for each weapon in your possession , regardless of the reason you were confronted by police.
THAT is logical gun control. Putting the onus on sellers is stupid and unenforceable.