"Guns don't kill people; people kill people."

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I've heard that NRA slogan for years and years.

Okay, let's concede the point.

How then can gun rights advocates reasonably keep raising objections to background checks?

This is what perplexes me -- perhaps background checks are not totally effective and criminals will find ways of getting guns by circumventing the law -- but background checks seems to me to validate the "Guns don't kill people; people kill people" argument.

Why, therefore, does the NRA, GOA and other firearms rights groups protest so much when background checks are made to work more effectively? Or is this just a political game for the NRA, the Repuglicans, and weapons manufacturers?

In my state, there is mounting evidence that universal background checks work:

Colorado gun background checks denied 6,590 buyers last year - KOAA-TV

COLORADO SPRINGS - Universal background checks stopped some 6,590 people in Colorado from buying guns last year and also resulted in the arrests of 227 fugitives. The most recent statistics from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation also show that through November, the most common reason a gun buyer was denied was for a past assault conviction or arrest.

My hunch is that the NRA et al. keep moving the goal posts so that gun makers can make more money each time this issue comes up (the same people buying more and more guns) and because they see this as a political tool.

I don't think the NRA and Repuglicans really care too much about intellectual consistency as long as they can keep the anger level up against Pres. Obama and Democrats.