Democrats and Background Checks
By Gregory Kielma
Why can’t the government create a free and simple yes/no background check for gun purchases, and make it mandatory for all gun sales?
Why can’t the government create a free and simple yes/no background check for gun purchases, and make it mandatory for all gun sales?
Gregg Kielma
Such a system was proposed by Republicans in the demand for “universal background checks” (UBC) after the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012.
It was shot down by Democrats as being insufficient despite meeting their stated desire of having such checks. Which tells you this is not about background checks.
Democrats want universal gun and owner registration and want to use UBCs as a backdoor way to achieve it. Having universal checks means you will acquire a list of transfers and lists of ownership. Over time it would give a clear picture of a decent segment of gun ownership.
Which has nothing to do with background checks.
If the Democrats were honest, really Democrats honest, about UBCs in stating they wanted all gun sales to go through such a check to prevent criminals from getting guns, it would have been law seven years ago. No brainer. You don’t need gun or seller information to figure out if a buyer is prohibited.
So, the government cannot create such a system because certain parties in government don’t want such a system of “Yes/No” only. They want more. Much more. Which has nothing to do with stopping prohibited people from buying guns.