On Sat, 9 Jan 2016 18:23:57 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

I have serious doubts as to the cost/life you suggest. It's a
computerized, automated system that already exists. All that is
required is for the 40 percent who currently don't fill out a
simple form that takes all of five minutes to do and have the info
electronically sent to the system. Wait a couple of minutes and
you have a return. Sorta like sending an email. How is that so
"inconvenient" or expensive?

The real reason some object (and it's the minority) is the mindset
established mostly by the NRA to resist *anything* that could be
deemed "anti-gun", "slippery slope", "infringement on rights", etc, etc,
ad ad nauseam. I certainly don't think a background check is
"anti-gun" or contributes to a "slippery slope". 60 percent of gun
buyers already *are* subjected to a background check and nobody is
confiscating guns. Why not the other 40 percent?


I have doubts about the 40% number but how many of the clearly illegal
black market sellers would ever do this?
I already put out the suggestion that they open up the system to the
people who want to do the right thing?