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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

Before I got in my car this morning, I was watching the news, and on CTV one interviewee was asked if more strict background checks would have prevented the shooter from buying guns. Her answer was a emphatic no. He'd passed a background check to by the gun that he used.

As has been discussed before, unless the US is willing to track accusations without trial and voluntary visits to health care professionals they're stuck with limited options, that go to the mechanics of gun control instead of the spirit of gun control.

Attempting to tighten the type of fire arms that can be bought. Shutting down the concept of gun shows, and heavier enforcement of gun crimes including minor gun crimes are probably where their going to have to work, and I doubt they get very far with that.

I don’t see any great success coming from trying to further restrict the type of firearms that can be purchased. There are already firearms (full auto, SBR, SBS, suppressors, hidden/trick guns) that fall under Title II of the NFA and require registration and the extensive (up to a year) processing by the FBI/BATF/local LE. Attempting to expand that to include semi-automatics would see a fair amount of resistance, and not just from those who want to own an AR. If you’re going to put those restrictions on ARs only, Canada’s own classification system shows how restricting a specific firearm by name only doesn’t make sense.
Considering that the “gun show loophole” (the assumption that a purchaser at a show does not need to undergo a background check) does not actually exist, shutting down gun shows doesn’t really stop any type of transfer that could not happen anywhere else. The only transaction where a background check is not required is an in-state, private transaction. Now if you were to say that a federal law should be passed that mandates all firearm sales must either be processed through an FFL (requiring a NICS check) or the individuals must make their own arrangements for a NICS check, that would be something that is actionable. But using a broad brush to say that gun shows should be shut down isn’t really going to do anything as you are not addressing the circumstance where the check is not done.