Gun background checks should include references.

[RoeVWade]

Gun background checks should include references from people with no criminal records, who are vouching that the purchaser is of good character.

I mean, why not. References are often part of background check, and in a way employment applications.

And if you seriously can't find several people who would vouch for you, maybe society doesn't need you having a gun.

[AndyS]

1. We know how to reduce gun violence

[Scrivener7]

2. Lets go with "Gun background checks should exist."

[RoeVWade]

4. I agree with both posts.

But I do think particularly first-time potential gun owners should have to provide personal references that get verified, and those references also don't have criminal records.

If you can't find at least 4 people who would sign on that they think it's okay for you to have a gun, why the heck should you get one?

[rownesheck]

3. The background check

should be extremely detailed and involved. The check should reveal every time someone skipped school, or littered or got a speeding ticket, etc. The person should be forced to go through an intense psychological examination. It should take at least a month to complete. The person applying to purchase a gun should feel extremely violated.

If you want to own a piece of machinery whose only purpose is to kill, you need to go through some things first.

PS: you should also need to carry very expensive insurance on that gun, and your ability to own that gun should be reevaluated every 6 months.

Also, anyone found trying to circumvent these background checks will be sentenced to 5 years in prison.

[RoeVWade]

5. It wouldn't really surprise me, if some of the people opposed to insta-checks couldn't even pass

...a very basic background check.