[Still Thinking]

I don't thing anyone 2nd Amendment person I know wants to sell to someone who is unstable or shouldn't be buying a gun.

True, we don't. But neither do we want the government to be in possession of a list of everyone who exercises their rights, especially when there is an alternative that addresses they reason they SAY they want the background checks.

[jwparkerjr]

I agree, but I want to make sure that we don't come across as people who don't care that they might be selling a weapon to someone who shouldn't have it. Just as matter of self preservation I want to avoid being sued to hell and back by the family of someone shot with a gun I sold without making at least a reasonable attempt to determine if the buyer has been declared incompetent or is a felon barred by law from owning a firearm. In today's litigious society I perceive a reasonable responsibility when transferring a weapon.

I certainly don't think this means the government keeping a list of everyone who has a firearm.

I consider my right to keep and bear a firearm important enough to take steps to keep one of mine from falling into the wrong hands.

Sadly, it's like so much government does these days. They go after any problem with a sledge hammer, disregarding the rights of the law abiding citizen to supposedly keep the bad guy in check.