Gun Show Loop Hole Is Yak Manure

There is NO "Gun Show Loop Hole". Ain't no such animal folks. It is a bogus argument thought up by the the likes of Chuckie Schumer et al. There are federally licensed dealers at gun shows who have to abide by all the laws that exist in gun stores. Any gun purchased from a dealer has to undergo a background check. There are private citizens also at gun shows looking to buy and sell guns.

Mayor Bloomberg sent another bunch of "undercover" investigators around the country and found that there were some people conducting illegal business. A video was released

The "private" sellers were already breaking a number of laws. The law says that the following people can not buy guns:
* Those convicted of crimes punishable by imprisonment for over one year, except state misdemeanors punishable by two years or less.
* Fugitives from justice.
* Unlawful users of certain depressant, narcotic, or stimulant drugs.
* Those adjudicated as mental defectives or incompetents or those committed to any mental institution.
* Illegal aliens.
* Citizens who have renounced their citizenship.
* Those persons dishonorably discharged from the Armed Forces.
* Persons less than 18 years of age for the purchase of a shotgun or rifle.
* Persons less than 21 years of age for the purchase of a firearm that is other than a shotgun or rifle.
* Persons subject to a court order that restrains such persons from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner.
* Persons convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.

The buyers in question stated that they could not pass a background check. The unlicensed dealer sold it to them any way. The private individual violated a law. Does Bloomberg think that adding another law on the books would be followed anymore diligently?
Under current federal law, it is illegal to “engage in the business” of “dealing in firearms” without a license from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. “Engaged in the business” means buying and selling firearms as a regular business with the objective of profit.

A licensed dealer may do business temporarily at a gun show, just as he could at his permanent licensed premises. Every legal requirement applies equally at both types of location, including background checks and record keeping on all transactions.

People who “engage in the business” without a license can be arrested and convicted of a federal felony—whether they “engage in business” at a gun show, or out of a home, office, or vehicle.

A 2006 FBI study of criminals who attacked law enforcement officers found that within their sample, “None of the [attackers’] rifles, shotguns, or handguns … were obtained from gun shows or related activities.” Ninety-seven percent of guns in the study were obtained illegally, and the assailants interviewed had nothing but contempt for gun laws.

A Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) report on “Firearms Use by Offenders” found that fewer than 1% of U.S. “crime guns” came from gun shows, with repeat offenders even less likely than first-timers to buy guns from any retail source.