Quote:The thing is, you can go online and find a seller willing to sell as a private owner.  It's not the gun shows that spread illegal weapons.  It's people.

 

The way the law is worded, it allows "private" sellers at gun shows as long as their main source of income is not from gun sales. It's a well known loophole used quite often here in Tennessee, according to the gun owners I know. They have bought guns at gun shows without a background check. The gun shows don't spread illegal weapons, they just make it easy.


 

Me personally, and I would think that I speak for the vast majority of NRA members/permit holders of firearms, I would not engage in the sale/transfer of a firearm with somebody unknown.

 

It's not the vast majority of any group that is the problem.


 

The problem with the whole "gun control" thing is that it targets law abiding citizens and doesn't address the real problem, that being illegal guns.  I certainly doubt that the thug shooting down an opposing gang member bought his weapon at a gun show.

 

Given my replies above, what's to stop him/her, and how would a background check restrict a law abiding citizen?

If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already.
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