The following was originally posted over at TomKnighton.com. Yeah, I’m writing a lot more over there but it’s because I’m working more on national level stuff. While the politics of SWGA is still important to me, my focus has been to try and work more on national level issues. If you haven’t yet, please come check it out!
Having a conversation with someone recently, the phrase “gun show loophole” came up. In all fairness, it was a conversation about guns and gun control, so the phrase wasn’t completely random. Unfortunately, as I pointed out to the individual in question, it is mythical. Why’s that you ask? Because there isn’t one.
The so-called “gun show loophole” is a gun control buzz term (to many words to be a buzz word after all). It describes a purchase that doesn’t require a background check at gun shows, and it is used to describe the hundreds of thousands of guns that are supposedly sold every year to criminals and such. Unfortunately for those who use it, it doesn’t really exist.
You see, there is truth to the idea that some guns are sold at gun shows without the background check required when you purchase a firearm at a store. It’s 100% true that these purchases take place. However, here’s something that you didn’t know. Those purchases take place between individuals, not dealers.
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