Novak. –
In terms of background checks, those are for you and me. Law, abiding citizens. Criminals do not buy their guns from the gun shop. They are largely procured either from stealing them or black market. So background checks do not affect criminals. Only law abiding citizens.
Same with your point of only police officers should have guns. There are let’s say 300 million guns in the United States of America. If you pass a law for everyone to turn them in, let’s say everyone does. It is to say the law abiding citizens have not turned in all their guns. Now the only people with guns are criminals. The criminals now know that, no one can defend himself against them because all the guns were turned in by law, abiding citizens. Police officers in our big cities have said, explicitly the police will not be there to save you from a violent encounter. In Los Angeles and Detroit, the chiefs of police have both said this. and only someone willfully blinding his eyes to the truth does not acknowledge all the antisemitic crime in New York. Only someone willfully blind sees that the police are not stopping violent crime against jews, or anyone else. If you ask a police officer, or an honest chief of police, they will tell you you are your own first responder. You are responsible for your safety. The police are not coming to save you. You better figure out the best way to defend yourself and your family because no one is coming to help. The reality is the best way to provide for your own security is a firearm.