Paperwork = Forms = Database = Privacy Concerns = de-facto Registrationterryg wrote: What am I missing?
Someone, I forget where, suggested that we let the Feds compile the NICS data, beef it up with mental health information, then let the States, or even better, a State-level NGO run the checks. The data could be secured by law, out of the hands of any government agency. A link could be established to local LE and a "stolen" check could be run at the same time as the NICS. Both parties (buyer and seller) could be given a receipt proving the date/time of the transaction, for the protection of all parties.
Not perfect, but keeping "registration"/transfer data out of gooberment hands would be closer to a palatable solution for me...