Imagine a crack dealer trading some drug for a couple of stolen guns and the addict saying it's time for a background check ... that ain't gonna happen either.
But what would happen is that if I loaned you a shotgun for a hunting trip, the loan would have to be recorded (unless we want to chance arrest) and the gun would have to be kept in storage for 30 days for a registration check. Then when you bring it back, the exchange would have to be recorded and another 30 day hold performed.
All transaction records are required to be kept on premises at a FFL location. Not in safe storage, not in a vault offsite, but at the dealer location - PERMANENTLY. If an when that dealership goes out of business, for whatever reason, the records become the property of the government. If that isn't national registration, what is?
The unexamined, unpublicized consequences of 594 appear to be very serious.
Nonetheless, I do support universal background checks for criminal convictions, mental illness, and illegal immigration.
If 594 were a “clean” bill and dealt just with that one issue, I would probably vote “YES.”
But, since 594 also deals with many anti-gun issues, I will vote “NO” or leave it blank.