The gun show loophole loophole
After Illinois passed a law to close the non-existent gun show loophole by requiring background checks be done on private, person-to-person sales at gun shows, guess what happened?
They recently enacted legislation requiring gun owners to get government permission before selling guns at gun shows. Gun rights advocates claimed that the law was intended to get rid of gun shows. The gun control lobby claims they were just closing a loophole in the law. Any doubt you might have had about the law’s intention was erased last weekend when local authorities failed to show up to facilitate the background checks. Law abiding citizens were effectively prevented from exercising their rights, because the government bureaucracy broke down.
People at the gun show were unable to sell guns, which seems to have been the whole idea.
