• Professorozone@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    I’ll admit I’m not educated on the subject but it was my understanding that there is a loophole for gun shows.

    In a country where there are more guns than people, I don’t believe the barriers to entry for gun ownership for someone who really wants one are substantial. So fundamentally, yes, I do believe this.

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      12 hours ago

      The loophole is for private sales. A person can sell their personal firearms to another person without going through a licensed dealer, which means no background check. A gun dealer at a gun show needs to do a background check, but if someone just wants to sell some of their guns at the show, they can just take the cash no questions asked. It applies to GunBroker too, which is like ebay for guns.

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        10 hours ago

        I’ve never been to a gun show, but I went to a guitar show as a teenager, looking to buy a bass, and I ended up chatting up some dude carrying his Rickenbacker 4001 around in a case, looking to sell.

        We went out to the parking lot and made a private sale. All cash, no tax, no receipt.

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          I hope you’re well past the statute of limitations on that one. The Feds don’t take too kindly to undocumented sales, especially with a machine of that magnitude.

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        12 hours ago

        Yeah but even with gun broker it depends on the state your buying in. Most cases they will ship the gun to your local FFL, where you then still have to go through all the paperwork to get the gun released.

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        12 hours ago

        Don’t private sale happen at gun shows? And don’t you find it a little silly that you are criticizing the detail of HOW this is done while missing the bigger picture of how easy it is to get a gun in America.

        Here are me to edit that post to suit you pedantry.