Private transfers and most gun show transfers did not require a background check prior to this new law in WA State. However, private transfers are continuing off the radar pretty much as always.
OK...I know I should have said “all modern handguns” rather than “all guns.” But all modern handguns still require a background check, correct? The Brady Act and all that....
Frankly, I haven’t bought a gun since the 90’s....it’s all I can do to keep the ones I’ve got clean.... ;-)
“Private transfers and most gun show transfers did not require a background check prior to this new law in WA State.”
And that would be a violation of federal law.
FFL transfers at a gun show or a shop go through the background check. If the gun is in their logs, they better have a corresponding 4473 with the approval code from the NICS check.
Private transfers at a gun show, outside in the parking lot, or wherever, do not require a background check because it is just that, a private transfer. A non-FFl caught buying and selling guns as a business can be charged.