Irover wrote:
. The public should feel safe when they are around strangers they don't even know.
What other kind of strangers are there?
Background checks are for the protection of the hiring entity. Hosts may be handling money or have access to areas where they could potentially obtain restricted information (credit card numbers etc.) Background checks do little to add to your personal security. The odds are much greater that one of the other campers is dangerous versus the camp host being dangerous. And the odds of either being dangerous are pretty dang close to zero. There just isn't that many mass murders being committed at campgrounds.