An effort to take away the private sale of firearms??:
http://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com/2011/03/they-really-think-they-can-get-away.html
Yes. Closing the so-called "gun show" loophole, that permits unsupervised transfer of firearms between citizen/residents. The idea being to obtain a back-door registry, for future confiscation, a generation or two in the future.