Someone who buys a weapon online does go through the exact same background check process as a purchase from a dealer.
The online seller must ship the gun to a licensed dealer in the buyer’s state. The buyer goes to the dealer, fills out the paper work, goes through the instant background check and any required state regulations, and pays the transferring dealer a fee for conducting the transaction.
The media is rapidly turning online firearms sales into the next big, overblown half-truth gun myth. Soon we’ll see some reporter claim terrorists can buy guns online without any background check, followed in short order by politicians who are either idiots or using the media as cover for their own schemes screaming to close this ‘loophole.’
A good rule of thumb in any mainstream media report involving firearms is that something over half of what they report will be completely wrong and that significant facts will be missing.
Thanks for setting me straight. I am not as educated as I would like to be about gun laws and regulations. I’ll have to do some research.