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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?

 

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The thing is, you don't find a whole lot of "private sellers" at gun shows other than the ones that might want to "trade or upgrade" a firearm, at least from what I have seen.  Most of the time the "private seller" is dealing with somebody that has a booth who is more likely to be a dealer not a private buyer/seller.  Do transactions take place between private sellers/buyers at a gun show?  I'm sure it does happen, but in most cases it's not going to be for a cheap handgun used in a killing over a drug deal gone bad.

 

My point is that liberals need to get off and get away from the "gun show" part of their argument.  I would bet that the vast majority of transactions that take place at a gun show are between law abiding citizens.

 

As far as the restrictions currently in place, it's already difficult enough for law abiding citizens to obtain firearms.  Why do we need more regulations against them?  How about addressing the real problem?

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