Should ID Checks Be Required for Gun Sales?

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In the wake of the worst gun-related massacre in US history at Virginia Tech, instead of addressing an obvious and comprehensive background check requirement for all gun sales, the only national legislation that Congress considered is to include some mental health records in the NICS (National Instant Check System) database. Unfortunately this is used only by Federally Licensed gun dealers and won't impact private gun sales which make up approximately 50% of guns sold in the US every year. The sad reality is that the equivalent of a Virginia Tech and Columbine High School massacre happen every day in the US resulting in more than 80-90 gun deaths and 200-300 injuries a day.
 
The fact that in the US you need an ID to cash a check and it's legal to incarcerate suspected terrorists for years without being charged but those same individuals as well as convicted felons can legally buy an unlimited number of firearms without even an ID or background check is unconscionable and must be changed. The only substantive obstacle to such a reasonable national law is the National Rifle Association that is virtually holding the President and Congress hostage. The NRA's money, political influence and fear tactics have intimated state and national elected officials and the result has contributed greatly to the 30,000 largely preventable gun deaths every year in the US.