I didn't know that about the Pelosi bit so thanks for the clarification. The problems I have with the private companies doing the regulation are that it eventually becomes accepted as normal in society to do such things to people simply for political affiliation, and then legislators pick up on it. Once legislators pick up on it they pander to constituents and draw up legislation to codify the new things.

His 2nd Amendment changes wouldn't only be background checks. He's stated that he wants a system similar to that used for suppressors and other regulated items. Registration of items and a tax of some amount on each item. The example used several times was large capacity magazines. Many gun owners have many large capacity magazines. Thus they would either pay a small fortune, relinquish ownership, or face legal trouble. Personally, I've always been miffed at their usage of the phrase "assault weapon" and wish they would finally detail what they mean by it so that at least then people would know exactly what is being referred to by the term.