>In most (all?) states there's no need for a background check Have you followed this thread at all? I am fully aware of this, having done many gun transfers.

>In most (all?) states there's no need for a background check Have you followed this thread at all? I am fully aware of this, having done many gun transfers. This thread is about adding universal background checks. >There's no constitutional right to any of those things, which is what makes the situation different. It is not different at all - it is perfectly constitutional to require background checks and transfers - that is how the current system is legal. And all constitutional rights have bounds. 1st Amendment free speech has limits on what you can say, where you can do it, even requiring permits for many cases. 3rd, 4th, 5th Amendments about housing and property - you have a constitutional right to property, but it can be deprived, and many forms are registered and require paperwork to transfer. So it's not at all different from other property registration and transfers.