I do not have an issue with background checks and some sort of common sense safety class, short and to the point. There have been some dumb ass people shooting others around here, because they did not know basic gun safety. I was raised with and around guns and most all here have also. But there are some really stupid people now with guns that are clueless.
I know what you're saying, but we have a training class and a driving test here, and a point system to make sure you follow the safety rules, you can't even drive around without a card in your wallet saying you cleared to drive safely. They'll take the card away if you break safety rules. Yet everyone seems to be breaking all those safety rules. And you can't get through Palm Beach County in rush hour without seeing a car wrecked.
I don't think mandatory safety training makes people smarter.
Background checks are a great idea though. As long as no one is stealing guns. And as long as everyone buys from a store in public it can be enforced, because who's going to kmow about the sale if it isn't in public, right? But once you're in a store in public, (where it's already required) it's bulletproof- there's no way around it except having your wife, girlfriend, brother, cousin, friend, mom, dad, grandparent, employee, son, aunt, uncle, coworker, daughter, fellow gang member, sister, niece, boss, nephew, or acquaintance buy it for you. No way around it.