I think if it's restricted to a background check, fine. No registration. Criminal types don't bother with BC or reg. If you want one, you'll get your hands on one, and won't care if you get caught with it. Need to actually viciously enforce existing laws. The nut at sandy hook broke about 43 laws, at state and federal levels. Did it deter him? No. No law will stop anything. Only prescribes an act that is prohibited, and a punishment for that act. Sad, horrible events, and we should look at deeper causative effects than firearms/access to firearms. I won't say that easy access isn't a problem in some cases. But the thought of jail time or worse only deters people who wouldn't have committed a crime. It's much much much deeper than guns or gun laws.