I am always amazed at how quickly people on here are quick to swlip into the jdub mind set and name call either openly or implied when others dont agree with them. The thing about background c thecks, is imo amisnomer, you can't buy a gun without a background check. The talk from the administration about having to have them is nonsense, background checks exist and are used, however, they can't precieve what is in somone's mind. The talk about loop holes like gun shows is also nonsense, background checks are also done there, go to one and see, you cant buy one without it. I have been to many of them in multiple states and always background checks were done.
If we call people gun nuts because they like to have them, for hunting plinking or target shooting then really what kind of nut are you. I personally go hunting and yet I don't shoot animals because I don't shoot what I wont eat. I just like to go. I like to use mine for plinking, and self defense. They are a part of the American culture, if you impose on those who own them, then what is next. If one is so concerned about gun violence, then look for those articles in papers or on MSNBC, CBS, NBC, CNN etc that report on instances when having a gun saved someone's life, prevented crime being inacted etc. Yet you won't see them there. In another vein, mass shooting have almost without exception have happened in gun free zones, zones where the crimes can be accomplished without fear of interferenfce from someone carrying a concealed weapon. If one is so concerned about the mass shootings then make sure that gun free zones dont exist.
Better yet, why arent all concerned about the deaths in hospitals, many thousands of people die in hospitals due to errors etc., yet the administration isnt concerned about that. alcohol related deaths, traffic deaths. Maybe that doesn't come on their radar because it can't be politically used to take advantage of the American public.