Universal Background Checks

[Tigerlure]

thranx said:

Tigerlure said:
Woah, when did Kasz become a mod? I've been away too long.

on topic: I guess the main reason people are against it from what I'm reading is that it won't change anything, and it won't stop criminals. Therefore, we should not try to put more backgrounds checks, because doing so would be uh... burdensome on current owners?

Just making sure I have the argument against universal background checks correct.

I think its slightly more than that. the cost of the background checks was excessive (more than the cost of the guns). they also didn't gurantee that the  information would be destroyed and not used to make a gun regristy list, or for other reasons besides guns (i believe even the ACLU mentioned this). I think most people support universal background checks, as long as they are done in an affordable way, and as long as they dont make a gun regristry list, or use the background checks for other reasons.

I think the bill explicitly said it could not create a gun registry list... I don't know if that means anything to opponents, but it was in the law