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To: wcbtinman
"People can buy guns at these shows from certain dealers without undergoing background checks."
Don't forget the obligatory lie.

Actually, you do not need to undergo a background check, or do paperwork, to buy a gun from a private individual who is not engaged in the business of regularly dealing in firearms.

So if I want to sell a shotgun that I don't need anymore to a friend or family member or a stranger, I can just do it. So, you CAN but a gun from a dealer at a gun show -- if he's a T-SHIRT dealer, or some such, who does not regularly or frequently but/sell guns. The lie was in the implication that you could do it with a FIREARMS dealer

37 posted on 10/04/2001 3:47:55 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor
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To: SauronOfMordor
I should proofread my posts more often: "but" = "buy"
38 posted on 10/04/2001 3:49:17 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor
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To: SauronOfMordor
Although to some, this may be semantics, there is a difference between a dealer who is in the business of selling guns in order to produce a profit, any profit from the sale of even one firearm,(that's essentially the ATF's definition) and a private individual who is at a gun show. It is already illegal for a dealer to sell a firearm without the background check and applicable waiting period.

If you want to restrict the ability of private individuals to sell firearms, then just say so. But, don't use inappropriate language (the lie) to promote that agenda.

62 posted on 10/04/2001 8:15:19 AM PDT by wcbtinman
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