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*** "The likely Republican... has broken with the NRA in favoring a requirement for background checks at gun shows."

Serious question: Why is a background check a bad thing? ***

Serious answer ....

First of all there is no "loophole". All guns purchased from a Dealer at a Gun Show already go through the background check system.
What they are attempting to do with this fancy language 'Gun Show Loophole Law ' is ban the sale, or transfer, of firearms between private parties - period.
This means me buying my next door neighbor's .357 or me giving a family member, say my Son In Law, or MY WIFE, one of my guns (or all upon my death).
They want these 'checks' so there's a record of every gun transfered. And they'll push to make the check results kept permanently. It's defacto gun registration. And every where there has been gun registration the next step has been confiscation.

That's why it's a bad thing.

"What they are attempting to do with this fancy language 'Gun Show Loophole Law ' is ban the sale, or transfer, of firearms between private parties - period.... It's defacto gun registration. And every where there has been gun registration the next step has been confiscation."

Thanks for the answer. Now I understand.