Actually as someone who uses the system and understands that they would still be fairly easy to obtain if you are willing to do it illegally even after such a law is in place I believe it is. And guess the 24 millons NICS checks last year didn't do a thing. We should just remove that requirement entirely. I personally think that's in idiotic idea.
That's fine, you're welcome to your opinion. I want laws that prioritize real results over feeling good and that's all our current background checks are good for - feeling good. I strongly suspect once America no longer had that pretend background check law the country would demand a REAL background check law, which is my goal. I'm sure the law did something, but overall it's harmful because it prevents actually effective gun regulation from being put into place.
That's the whole point. If they weren't traceable your new law would be just as usefull as toilet paper and you don't even understand that. The vast majority of law abiding citizens are going to at least get a valid in state ID and a bill of sale to keep in case it does occur. It's not going to stop those who would still do it if the laws were different.
That all being said. If there was a free or nearly free system for private owners to use I would be all for it. But that would never happen because the goal of this legislation isn't more legal gun transfers.
First, saying that laws won't matter because the people that want to break them will do so anyway is an argument against all laws, not this law. (it's also demonstrably untrue as the deterrent value of criminal statutes is well established)
Second, I think you fundamentally misunderstand how these laws work. As it exists now it is very easy to transfer a gun to an owner who cannot own it illegally in a whole lot of states. Sure it's illegal to KNOWINGLY do so but that's yet another loophole that's big enough to drive a truck through. In many states there is no need to verify the identity of the purchaser, keep a bill of sale, or anything else. Poof. If you have a universal background check system it's a whole hell of a lot easier. A background check lets everyone know who it was sold to, if they could legally own it, when it was sold, etc. Highly useful information. It's not foolproof as people could still claim it was lost or stolen but that's another avenue for law enforcement to investigate. (why didn't you report it stolen, etc)
The goal of this legislation is to limit the number of guns in the hands of people not permitted to possess them. Like I said I think this law is also inadequate because the real goal should be zero exceptions.
But then again you don't seem to think it's a good idea to prosecute people who illegally have firearms so what's the point anyway?
Huh? Where do you think I ever said that? This is nonsense. I said that the punishments for illegally owning firearms were already very harsh so there was no need to make them even worse.