Absolutely not. I can agree with you in that matter. In fact, I think the background check should be at least 5x more extensive if it were possible. When I bought my first gun, I was young and simply just wanted to do it because I could (weren't we all stupid kids at one point haha). I went to the store thinking I was gonna be there for like an hour waiting to get it because of the background checks the dealer has to run. It took longer to choose what I wanted than it had to actually run the check. At the time, I didn't think anything of it, but now I look back on it and think how stupid it was. I know how stupid I was, but it was more wrong that they only look to make sure you haven't committed a felony. That is by no means good criteria in which to purchase a gun. In my opinion, and you may disagree, I think that anyone who buys a gun needs to have been in the military, worked as a civil authority, or has taken a state or federal accredited instructed course on how to handle firearms. They also should be put through a few month class about use of force if they weren't trained in self defense. It astounds me that a student can spend years studying topics as trivial as gym class, but when it comes to selling firearms, they'd prefer to just hand them out in 15 min without a question as to why you are buying it or if you even know how to use it. This may be the part you agree with. However, I value knowledge, so I know how important it is to familiarize myself with what's best to defend myself in a worst case scenario should it happen.