I COULDN'T help but notice the long article from Kim Stolfer, president of Firearms Owners Against Crime, in the May 18 edition of the Daily News.

Stolfer argues against background checks for gun sales. The themes that emerged are pretty simple:

* Pennsylvania background checks aren't worth the expense and inconvenience.

* Background checks are an excuse for a gun registry.

* Just enforce the laws on the books.

As an active gun-rights advocate, Stolfer does his best to discredit background checks with 2014 statistics from the Pennsylvania Instant Check System, or PICS: 13,178 denials for purchase, 782 arrests and 367 criminals prosecuted. I am baffled; why this is a problem? Did we not keep guns out of the hands of at least 367 criminals, and many others who might have mental problems or protection from abuse orders? He mentions those who were "denied their constitutional rights" when many denials were subsequently overturned. So in Stolfer's opinion, it is more important not to inconvenience someone delayed getting a gun than denying people who would be truly dangerous with a deadly weapon in their hands.

http://articles.philly.com/2016-05-27/news/73368450_1_pennsylvania-instant-check-system-gun-registry-background-checks