Posted on 11/29/2007 1:31:04 PM PST by neverdem
Is that for long guns or handguns, or both?
In CT. if you want to buy a handgun at a show, it's just as if you were in the gun store. Full background check, must have a CCW, etc.
b.s. Here is Ga. they run background checks in gun shows.
Kaine's legislation would require any private individual selling a firearm to do a background check first, effectively requiring all sales go through a licensed dealer.
There's no such thing as a "private dealer". The reporter (as usual) hasn't a clue.
Why not do background checks on workers to send the illegals packing for home!
Of course that dolt Kaine never brings up this fact that his proposed restrictions would not have prevented Cho from killing.
What may have prevented Cho from killing is if someone on campus, other than himself, was armed. Of course, Kaine won't go there.
...only if you're buying from a retail outfit with a booth at the show. There are a fair number of face-to-face private sales at the shows too.
That said, I don't see much distinction between an in-state, FTF transaction whether it's at a gunshow or over an internet equipment exchange or on the tailgate of my truck at the shooting range. This is just more anti-gun bravo sierra.
Making it harder for innocent civilians to own firearms does not PROTECT innocent civilians from felonious actions.
Felons will get their hands on weapons no matter what Governors like this idiot try and pass into law. This isn't about "criminal control", it's just plain old CONTROL he is after.
This guy is either Stupid, Insane, or just plain Evil.
That's a contradiction in terms. If someone is selling a firearm privately, HE'S NOT A DEALER. He's a private citizen.
The Eyebrow (Kaine) and the Virginian-Puke are lying to you.
I'd rather arm felons than disarm non felons.
Besides, I assume that felons that want guns already have them.
But Guv, I'd say to you that you either want maximum freedom for your subjects or you don't.
"You either want felons to have guns or you don't,"
And I imagine in five or less years we will see the same quote used to "close the private sale loophole"
Good Lord.
A $50 fake ID fools NICS everytime; as long as the phony ID doesn’t have a record........
More media “code” words. “Unlicensed Dealer” means an individual. So you can’t sell your property if it is a firearm unless it is through an “approved” network and sanctioned by the government.
The heck with that. If a citizen can’t be trusted with a firearm, they shouldn’t be loose.
NICS can’t prove you are not whom you tell it you are:
A. Undercover Agents Were Successful in All States Attempted
The GAO undercover agents were successful in purchasing firearms with false identifications from licensed dealers in all five states they attempted: Virginia, West Virginia,
Montana, New Mexico, and Arizona. Their success rate was 100%. In no instance did NICS background checks detect that the GAO agents were using false identifications, and in no
instance did gun dealers refrain from selling weapons to the agents. The GAO report is attached
as Exhibit 1 to this report.5
http://oversight.house.gov/documents/20040608092918-29119.pdf
Thank you. Cho’s purchase was illegal, but the state of Virginia never forwarded the info to the feds Insta-check system.
The state completely failed it citizens and the students at VA Tech. Now, they want more laws.
What is it Red Forman used to say...? Dumb-a55!
Virginia does not place restrictions on sales of firearms between individuals. A gunshow is simply a venue, and a guy trying to sell off last season’s Marlin 30-30 is not a loophole, but a citizen looking to modify his collection.
ruefully
Uh.....I wouldn't know!
Thanks for the link.
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