Oh, yeah, Retarded Gummery Sergeant, I noticed you completely avoided my comparison of background checks to airport security.
I wonder why?
How EXACTLY would you change background checks? the failure so far has been that local authorities fail to do their jobs? Not that the system doesn't work.
1) Require you to list three personal references, just like you would if you applied for a job.
2) Create a national database to record ALL incidents involving guns.
3) Hold gun sellers responsible for the actions committed by their customers.
Here was the thing. When the DC Sniper went on his rampage, his victims sued both the manufacturer and the gun shop. After that, the manufacturer put in a bunch of additional rules to background check people. The DC Sniper had a criminal background and his partner was a minor. Neither one should have been allowed to buy a gun, but they did anyway.
Instead, the NRA went to Congress and got a law passed to immunize gun sellers from lawsuits.