The only sales that aren't are when two people meet and have a private transaction.
Commonly, a guy with an M-1 on his shoulder with a sign "For Sale" on it, another person says, "How much?" and next thing you know, cash changes hands. Usually the parties exchange divers license numbers, but there is no requirement for that, it is just good to do.
I put "gun show sales" in quotes because I don't even know if you can call those sales "gun show sales" since they are usually not by a gun show vendor. They are private citizen transactions of used firearms, not by commercial vendors. That is the only "loophole" there is now, and it is not a gun show loophole but a private transaction loophole. I can meet someone at church or on craigs list and sell them a used firearm without having to run a background check. That is usually not how mass shooters get their guns, but it may be how most criminals in Chicago get their guns.
99%+ of "gun show sales" are done with instant, federal background checks.
Replies to: "99%+ of "gun show sales" are done with instant, federal background checks."
- Universal Background Checks - IrishMac - 9:25am 8/9/19
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- We should require a license to buy a gun. - AlbanyIRISH - 11:42am 8/9/19
- What does that actually accomplish? [NT]
- CC72 - 12:36pm 8/9/19
- Is Wiki wrong? - CC72 - 12:39pm 8/9/19
- What does that actually accomplish? [NT]
- CC72 - 12:36pm 8/9/19
- 99%+ of "gun show sales" are done with instant, federal background checks. - NedoftheHill - 10:48am 8/9/19
- Background checks should be required for private sales. - iairishcheeks - 11:38am 8/9/19
- I'm willing to discuss that. But, it has little if anything to do with gun shows. - NedoftheHill - 1:21pm 8/9/19
- Universal background checks and magazine restrictions are just common sense. - Frank L - 11:50am 8/9/19
- Yep, I can't sell my car to you without a legal title change. - iairishcheeks - 2:21pm 8/9/19
- Yikes [NT] - NedoftheHill - 1:24pm 8/9/19
- Maybe I shouldn't be posting this. Gun banners may try for something else if they find this out. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 10:58am 8/9/19
- Background checks should be required for private sales. - iairishcheeks - 11:38am 8/9/19
- Have you conflated - Universal Health Care with Background Checks for Guns? - jimbasil - 10:38am 8/9/19
- I'd support any ID verification/background check/etc for gun purchase that is also applied to voting [NT]
- BaronVonZemo - 10:38am 8/9/19
- Agreed. Any consistent liberals out there care to jump in here? [NT]
- NedoftheHill - 10:54am 8/9/19
- I agree as long as the background checks don't take months - CC72 - 12:33pm 8/9/19
- Agreed. Right now they take a minute or so. [NT] - NedoftheHill - 1:24pm 8/9/19
- I agree as long as the background checks don't take months - CC72 - 12:33pm 8/9/19
- Agreed. Any consistent liberals out there care to jump in here? [NT]
- NedoftheHill - 10:54am 8/9/19
- Probably true. But it only takes one. Now you have a clown walking into Walmart fully geared up, [LINK] - Frank L - 9:58am 8/9/19
- We should require a license to buy a gun. - AlbanyIRISH - 11:42am 8/9/19