It has now been almost 4 months since the Newtown massacre and the Congress has been debating measures to limit access to guns without inhibiting lawful guns activity for much of that time.. Some states have already enacted measures but federal efforts are not moving very quickly.

We already have a background check system in place but there are large loopholes. There are fairly simple ways someone who could not pass even the most rudimentary background check can buy a gun without being subject to any sort of check. Say someone convicted of multiple crimes while using a gun wanted another gun, the criminal could just buy the gun privately at a gun show or from a private party online.

It is hard to understand why anyone would oppose the commonsense step of having the same rules for gun purchase regardless of the venue.