You do realize that we do not have a uniform system of database in which all members selling firearms can access across the entire country right? Aside from the basic background check system that is used there is nothing that currently prohibits a mentally ill individual from posessing a firearm. I agree with you that the problem is not with the legal and lawful gun owners. However, the point is... we can do better to protect those innocent people who end up being targeted by a mentally unstable person weilding a firearm with intent to do harm. For us as gun owners to simply stick out heads in the sand and say "not my guns" is an old and outdated concept. As gun owneers we have to come to the table and work to find solutions. If we fail to do that then laws and anti firearm laws will be enacted and rightly so... because we didn't sit at the table and work out a reasonable compromise. You are welcome to be flippant and derriding of this viewpoint, but by not ntering into a real dialogue nothing will ever get solved but more unnecessary gun laws that already do not stop the criminal element from obtaining weapons....including stolen firearms from lazy, non engaging firearm owners. instead of opening your mouth to condemn the effort maybe you should add ideas to this conversation... you know help develop ideas that work, that would be a step in the right direction. I agree with you though, a person intent of using a firearm in the act of comitting a crime is going to find a way to do so....but the point is that we make it as difficult as possible for that individual to carry out their intent...