Endevouring to work on is criminal background checks to pry to prevent individual who is are clearly intent on doing harm to the american people while having a troubling history prevent those individuals from being able to lawfully access guns. that s just a piece of the puzzle. we have to take a close look at the law as it currently exists. had this particular individual been convicted of a felony, then he would not have been able to purchase that weapon lawfully. however, as you ve documented, he s got a deeply troubling record of criminal entanglement in multiple states and if you look at the totality of it, i don t think any reasonable american can conclude that this is the type of individual who should be able to lawfully