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Gun show in the media

The Record Online:

But state police say the event – the Middletown Great Gun and Knife Show – has become an open market for unscrupulous sellers who hawk weapons in the parking lot without conducting background checks on the buyers, a violation of federal law.

Actually, if it wasn’t a dealer (or was a dealer selling privately owned arms) there is no federal law against it. If you read further:

The men weren’t registered vendors in the gun show, state police said.

[snip]

“These were private gun owners who were making what would normally be a legitimate transaction, the sale of a legal firearm between two people,” said Sgt. David Scott, of the state police barracks in the Town of Wallkill. “But when you enter into a gun show and make the deal there, unfortunately you’re bound by a different law.”

Must be a California law as there is no Federal law preventing such a transaction.

2 Responses to “Gun show in the media”

  1. The Comedian Says:

    Or, having failed to bother with the workaday hassle of actually learning the law, the officer simply believes the media hype that there really is somehow a “gun-show loophole” that magically changes that law.

    My second theory is that the reporter is an idiot & simply misquoted the officer.

  2. The Comedian Says:

    Well we were each half right:

    California requires background checks for ALL secondary sales (with a few exceptions or intra-family transfers) regardless of whether or not the sale happened at a gun show.

    http://www.bradycampaign.org/legislation/state/viewstate.php?st=ca#gunshows

    http://www.bradycampaign.org/legislation/state/viewstate.php?st=ca#secondary

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