General Discussion

...is exposed. The right would not stand for the shoe being on the other foot. They would demand that such a law be struck down immediately. Even introducing legislation like this in a high profile way in a Democrat controlled State Legislature could give pause to other Republican controlled states trying to go down the Texas path in outlawing abortion.

This specific legislative initiative would, in a sense, be designed to fail, and thus to bring down the Texas law with it. That's why I threw out banning ammunition sales without a background check rather than guns themselves. Make it seemingly outrageous for gun owners the way the Texas law is for women seeking to exercise their constitutional right to control their own bodies.

There are other ways for a blue state to enforce background checks, but that isn't the point.