[Still Thinking]

First of all, there is no gun show loophole. People who sell firearms at gun shows are licensed Federal Firearms Licensed (FFL) dealers to begin with. Other people can set up a table at a gun show to sell tee shirts, laser sights, hand grips and other shooting accessories. Unless they are FFL dealers, they cannot sell guns. If you read articles by journalists who visited gun shows, read carefully what they write...

While your basic point is correct, you're using misconceptions to get there. It is correct that there is no "gun show loophole" but private sellers can and do sell at guns shows, just like they can in their garage or at a swap meet or the parking lot of a gun show or any other venue. The point is, rules for anyone whether FFL or private seller, are the same whether selling at a gun show or somewhere else.

[palmer]

Some gun shows allow private sales and some do not. Some states allow it and some do not. In the states that allow it, some shows allow it and some do not.

[Chainmail]

Virginia is a the Land of the Free when it comes to gunshows and private sellers are welcome to sell their guns at our gunshows. Private sales are controlled only by the good judgement of the seller and that seems to work fairly well: have you noticed that none of the guns used in the mass shooting come from private sales? It turns out that a citizen's judgement works far better than a federal computer at determining who is risky and who isn't.

The Left wants universal background checks because that will close the net. Once that's in place, any criteria they pick to disqualify will be added incrementally, until jaywalking will be sufficient to disqualify a citizen from buying - or owning - firearms. There is a whole unit of the Los Angeles Police Department dedicated to finding "disqualified individuals" and confiscating their guns and arresting the owner.

Just the beginning, folks. Call and e-mail your elected representatives and fight this thing.