Thanks for proving my point. Nobody ever mentions buying from a dealer, they just blather on about no background checks at gun shows. And this article makes it seem like McCain is for them (and for checks on transfers between non-releatives) and the NRA is against them.
What started as a "reasonable" check to see if a potential buyer was a felon or a mental patient or a drug user was expanded to include anyone who was accused of violence against women and then anyone that had a protective order against them (ex-husbands are very familiar with how easy those are to come by) and now includes misdemeanors in the past that would have been upgraded to felonies in the present.
The worst part is that the government has no requirement to tell a potential buyer what the sale is being restricted of and there is no readily available appeal process. It is also nearly impossible to see your own record within the database and get an item removed.
The antigunners are getting exactly what they wanted with this system but as far as I can tell, nobody is doing anything to stop it.
Neither did you. It's a critical point. The law is no different at a gun show than elsewhere. There is nothing magic, black or white, about sales at a gun show.
The real target is not private party sales at gun shows, it's gun shows themselves.
One thing about gun show sales is different. There is a much higher chance of their being a police officer or BATFE agent on the premises than at either a gun shop or someone's home.