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In reply to the discussion: As the NRA actively worked for Obama's defeat [View all]pipoman
(16,038 posts)big gun control has been lying about it for years. It is perplexing to me why they would choose to so cloud the issue they claim so important to them.."closing the gun show loophole". It has nothing to do with gun shows and it isn't a loophole..at best a illusion at worst a complete lie..
The Brady Act of 1994 specifically exempted one type of firearm sale from the background check system, and only one type..private intrastate transactions between two people who are residents of the same state and the seller is not in the business of selling firearms. It don't matter if it is at a gun show, a garage sale, in a classified ad, in the wal-mart parking lot , etc..At gun shows ffl dealers have to be in the 90% of gun sellers, and every sale they make goes through NICS. Some gun shows allow people with an accumulation of firearms sell at the show, they do not require a ffl unless their state requires it or if they are selling to an out of state buyer, then it must have a nics check.
The result of the lie is that people who don't follow the issue overwhelmingly believe, not that private intrastate sales are exempt, but that there is a loophole allowing all guns sold at gun shows to not require background checks..I have no idea how this nonsense helps the cause.