Gary,  This is where we differ.  Gun ownership is a right the government is not only responsible to protect but enhance for all of its citizens who desire to own one.  Because of the right to own a gun, all citizens share the responsibility to ensure there is minimal legal impact on citizens who desire to own a gun.  Therefore, those who wish to infringe on the right of a citizen to own a gun need to pony up the funds (actually all citizens) to pay for an efficient, timely, and private background check system using the criteria I described.  If the anti-gun folks and gun regulating folks don't get the above, then it only leaves their side, coercion (which will lead to resistance in many forms by many citizens) or legally change the 2nd Amendment.  Until then, the headline should be inverted and read "Same Tiresome (Anti)-Gun Arguments".