I am fairly new to following the gun control debate. I am confused by the term “universal background check”. I have been reading article after article where polls show voters support universal background checks, expanded background checks, etc.
Am I missing something? To me, at least, it appears these are laws already on the books at the federal and state levels. Is this just another way for lawmakers to make it look like they’re doing something and when it still doesn’t work they can say we tried everything time to take the guns?