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Originally Posted by llwhiteoutll
The way it benefits them is that is essentially eliminates a registry, the existence of which wouldn't keep crimes from being committed. Even the LGR in Canada didn't stop the illegal use of guns. Not only that, it was riddled with inaccuracies and excessively expensive for any benefits, real or perceived, that it provided.
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Except that a registry is the way you establish and enforce responsibility. That is the problem with the current system, and the United States in general. There is little to no responsibility for one's actions. If there was a registry for weapons you bought and own, you would be damn certain to show more responsibility over your guns, and make sure you were certain who the weapon was sold to, should you sell the gun. This lack of responsibility mechanism is what allows for the flow of untraceable guns in society.
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The NICS system is separate from the Tracing Center and is electronic, which allows it to be instant. During a background check, the Tracing Center would not be queried, only the NICS system. The updates to the NICS system would be to ensure records are being properly added and collected from submitting agencies, expanding the reliability of the check performed by increasing the amount of data polled. Changing the way the Tracing Center operates (non-electronic records) would require the creation of a gun registry, which they are currently prohibited by law from going. Even then, it would only lead to the original buyer.
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What are you talking about? Tracing a weapon has nothing to do with the background process, and vice versa. A NICS inquiry is basically a check for the existence of federal or state warrant or criminal adjudication against a subject. The NICS query checks the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) and the Interstate Identification Index databases for wants and warrants. The NICS database identifies purchases you have made so it can be established if you are accruing an unreasonably large number of weapons in a short period of time. This is the extent of the background, and is pretty quick to go through. This has nothing to do with establishing a gun registry or collection of the gun ownership details.
The reason the government would like the ownership records digitized is for the investigation of weapons used in a crime, and to establish providence for the location of that weapon. This is all common sense and fully expected with so many other things we own. I don't know why people continue to swallow the garbage the NRA peddles. Read the second amendment. It says nothing the NRA is promoting.