@Curious
A random question, If you are curious about guns, why are you only participating in this (very specific topic focused) thread, and veering it to addressing your questions and narrative? It smacks of a single-issue user, or even, not to put you on the defensive (as you have already done to others' points of view), a troll. This is a community of folks who participate in many different areas, and so far, the entirety of your participation has been to debate a single issue, where the only "curiosity" that appears to be being satisfied is "what do APS members think of universal background checks and various other gun'control' proposals.
You have YET to ask a single question about firearms that doesn't relate to what WE think or believe, haven't attempted to obtain any information about shooting sports, licensing, defensive use, firearm types, operation, or even safety.
Given the above, your screen name would be better phrased as "curiousabootothersopinionsonsenateproposals" rather than "curiousabootguns", as you haven't shown ANY curiosity about guns.
In other words, to be completely frank, this thread is devolving to a (while well reasoned and civil) debate about specific proposals, and you seem to have joined our open community to in effect debate a single issue, press us as to our opinions, and offer little to no information about yourself (a/s/l or otherwise). I'm sorry, but the more this interaction goes on, the more it seems like you are researching an article, rather than addressing a personal curiosity.
All of the debate points we have made are widely available in public sources, with even the simplest of google searches, and yet that level of curiosity was not apparent, and rather it seems focused on -our- specific responses to your questions.
Rarely do people join a forum they actually want to be a part of to simply ask current members to justify THEIR positions on a debate topic that seems to be your only interest.
In summary, to paraphrase a meme...not sure if troll.
Apologies to the mods, and to you, CAG, if I am incorrect, but I am simply expressing my personal opinion and concern.