The problem isn’t background checks, it’s requiring that the make, model, and serial number be recorded along with the name and personal details of the purchase.
Check, but don’t register.
And make the check system available for anyone to call in to check out anyone. Including a prospective babysitter or school teacher.
The bill proposed has plenty of trojan horses in it for our side, and takes about 20 steps toward restoring our rights for a very small one backward.
I think the NRA will be with this one as well, and I think Obama may veto it. It is much like when Senator Coburn forced Obama to sign the guns in parks bill as part of the budget he wanted.
This has all kinds of stuff that Obama and the anti-freedom people hate. It is a real compromise in where we get a lot, and they get to save face, and get very, very little.