Personally, besides gun shows I like pawn shops. Both seem to be on our side for the most part. This whole waiting for a background check / waiting period issue could easily end all gun shows as we know them if the antis win on this. If I'm buying a rifle at Wal-Mart and it takes a week to get the check done, that is at least less of a dilemma than if I buy a rifle at a gun show and it takes even 3 days to get the check done...by that time, the traveling dealer is long gone.
I agree with you.
Unfortunately, the pawn shops have been under much stricter rules for much longer than any other dealer/retailer.
Long story short - lot's of people who are denied to not have felony criminal records, but when a court fails to remove a charge it will show up on a backgroundcheck. 23 years prior to this he and a bunch of his buddies got caught partying and the state cops threw the book at them to see what would stick. Nothing but a misdemeanor charge of trespass did. But there was a felony charge of breaking & entering that had never been removed.
Nearly 3 months later, and numerous calls to the state police and the attorney general's office before we got it cleared up. Thank goodness we were dealing with an honest pawnshop owner - he waived all the 'storage fees" because he knew what was going on.
WARNING to anyone - check your criinal records - make sure than any teenage indiscretions have been cleared up properly.