Background Checks?

The 2nd amendment is something that I believe will never taken away from american citizens. There is always a new initiative or bill being introduced  that argues for stricter gun control laws to make things more difficult for citizens to purchase firearms or not be able to own certain weapons, accessories, and puts limits on what a citizen is able to do with that weapon. The laws seem to all be so ridiculous.
 The most recent issue concerning gun rights comes from the state of Washington and there 2 initiatives that are polar opposites. The initiative 591 would prevent the state of Washington form adopting universal background checks during gun sales. Initiative 594 would establish background checks on all gun sales in the state of Washington. It is said that that both of the measures are not likely to pass due to an alliance between democrats and republicans that declines the initiatives most of the time.
 This initiative from 591 to prevent the adopting of universal background checks I think is ridiculous. I myself do believe in the right to own firearms. But why make all this stink about purchasing firearms. The measure to push for better background checks I think would be good. If you want to purchase a firearm it should be necessary to go through all of the background checks to keep criminals from purchasing firearms and others that are not mentally stable.  Coming from the state of California i grew up in a state that is notorious for there gun laws. Did it stop me from purchasing a firearm? No. There are just more steps and more red tape but its necessary process to make sure that weapons are not being sold to the wrong people. I just had to wait a little bit longer due to these processes. There needs to be universal firearms background checks to further keep guns out of the wrong hands.