rbernie
Contributing Member
And that is the great unspoken truth - background checks, for all their vaunted 'common sense' restrictions, have had NO discernible effect on crime.We never used to have background checks.
Background checks are ineffective -- they don't stop bad guys from getting guns.
Background checks impose a lot of cost and require the use of resources for very very little ROI -- resources that could be better used elsewhere.
Background checks only inconvenience good guys; the bad guys don't undergo background checks when getting their guns.
Background checks are an imposition on a Constitutionally guaranteed right. They're no more acceptable than would be requiring background checks for journalists before they can journal or for gamers before they can game.
I say no.
At all.
They are the equal of TSA security - theater without utility.