[Condor51]

****My understanding is that if a mental defective is rejected from buying a gun from a licensed gun dealer, he can legally purchase a semi-automoatic(sic) from a private party. This is the NRA working for our constituional(sic) rights?****

"Legally" - NO. You understand incorrectly.
Illegally - Yes. He can lie his ass off to a 'private party' like he did at the Gun Store.

In addition, here in IL if I sell one of the guns in my collection to a private party he has to have an IL FOID Card. Now if he just got released from a loony bin last week I'd have no way of knowing. His FOID Card would still be 'valid' (in appearance).

And what's with the NRA slam??

[DeerfieldObserver]

It seems to me that anyone buying a gun should be subject to background checks. If you buy it from a private party, the same precautions should apply.

Who put this loophole in the law?