On 26 Dec 2012 02:20:56 GMT, Han wrote:

"Mike Marlow" wrote in
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Han wrote:


Someone thought it was a "good idea" to exempt gun shows from the
need for background checks. I really don't know how to keep a crazy
guy from getting a gun in a country (apparently) awash in them.


Politicians like Bloomberg like to tout the loopholes in the law as
they relate to gun shows, but it pays to dig a bit deeper. Dealers
are required to perform NICS checks - even at gun shows. Private
individuals are not. So if you show up to sell a gun, there is no
requirement for a NICS check. So - gun shows are not exempt from
background checks.

So the loophole is a little more complicated. The dealer just has to
sell the gun to a bystander who would not fail a background check. This
individual can then just sell the gun to someone who would fail a
background check. I seem to recall a TV report from one of the major
networks, where there were plenty of people willing to sell a gun to
someone who wouldn't pass a background check. I thin those sales should
be officially illegal. Period.

Generally, they already are, Han. All those boys on big-city side-
street alleys selling guns to their crazy friends aren't walking the
straight and narrow. And as long as our borders are wide open,
terrorists (and other illegal aliens) as well as weapons and drugs
flood over them 24/7/365.

Bloomberg is part of the problem, too.


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