The so-called “gun show loophole” should be called a “private transfer loophole.” FEDERAL law is that unlicensed people (those who are not federal firearms license holders) may sell guns to each other within their own state. It matters not whether that transfer takes place at a gun show, a garage sale, a parking lot, a bar, a hunting lodge, a dining room table or across the back fence. According to federal law, unlicensed people who are residents of the same state may transfer guns without background checks.
What they are proposing will not just affect gun shows but nearly all private transfers of firearms. Do you want to sell a gun to your next door neighbor (co-worker, friend, brother-in-law). OK, trot on down to the local gun shop and have the buyer fill out a 4473 and undergo a background check. It doesn’t matter that you’ve been friends for years and you know the guy better than the government does. Go get your background check. After all, 92 percent of Americans support this . . . (or maybe they wouldn’t if they really understood what was being discussed).
And always ask what they plan to do after the guns are all registered, then after they are all confiscated,
that they couldn’t do before.