As we all know gun laws differ widely from state to state. In some of the more gun friendly states "unlicensed dealers" (read a guy with a trunk full of weapons) are permitted to ply their wares at gun shows. These individuals will sell whatever they may have at the moment to anybody who is willing to plunk down the asking price. No paperwork and in most cases no id required.
I have seen on several occasions signs advertising this fact. "No paperwork, no id, no waiting.)
Now this does present several problems, but two critical ones immediately leap to mind.
1. The obvious one is this sort of venue provides prohibited persons with ease of access to weapons.
2. As a purchaser one should be extremely suspicious as to the origins of the weapon.
And yes I know that one can easily purchase a firearm out of the classifieds in a great deal of cities as well as the occasional dark alley or back room of some unscrupulous charlatan.
And yes that would be impossible to regulate, but gun shows should not be open to anybody but licensed dealers who play by the rules.
Your thoughts on the matter?
Ok, lets first address the phrase "unlicensed dealer"
There are people who travel from city to city to sell their "collection" of firearms. And while the do not have an ffl nor keep a record book, they are dealers in every sense of the word.
The make a portion, or all of their living from doing this activity.
Very similar to someone who buys up a whole house of junk and has a perpetual yard sale to make a profit. The point I am trying to make here is that we need to do everything possible to keep prohibited people from gaining access to firearms.
And this would be a step in the right direction.
Ok. Before you form a posse, grab rope and set off in search of a tall oak tree, let me just say one thing here,,,,,,
I am not in cahoots with the gun grabbers, nor am I lobbying for this type of action. Just a casual question, one that I have heard of several occasions.
But I think we should take every precaution we can to prevent guns from getting into the hands of prohibited people.
Jeez…who knew this would cause such a hullabaloo.
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