That IS all a background check will show under current law. The purpose is to determine if you are a prohibited person under existing law. If you want to add disqualifiers, then you would need legislation. Proposed legislation has been rejected multiple times by Democrat and Republican controlled Congresses, and for good reason.myntalfloss wrote:It appears that you're assuming that the only thing that a background check would check would be if they have a history of gun related arrests. What I'm assuming is that they'll be looking for any evidence of anti-social behavior, domestic disputes, mental illness and the like. I don't want to get into a stats battle with anyone but I seem to recall a lot of these mass shooters had a history of mental illness and/or domestic diputes. Would you want a guy with multiple DUI's driving your child's school bus? Or, if your neighbor beats his wife and kids like a rented mule, would you want him to have a gun?. These guys don't just get up one morning and think, "Hey, it's too cold to play golf today, I think I'll load up and go kill a bunch of folks." There are markers out there and if we could find some of those guys with obvious defects, I think it would be good for all of us. Fewer shootings mean fewer anti-gun nuts.mojo84 wrote:
Based on your contention-
If they haven't acted out yet, they haven't been arrested yet, therefore, a background check does no good.
Did you watch the video? What is explained there will do more to curb the "gun violence" in American than making more laws or doing more background checks. Just because you don't mind more background checks doesn't mean they would be effective in reducing crime.
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