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In reply to the discussion: Feds Investigating Felonious Gun Nut [View all]NickB79
(20,370 posts)57. Not the few I've attended
The tables selling firearms were almost entirely manned by gun store owners, handing out their business cards with the address of their brick-and-mortar location. And it doesn't matter where the gun is sold; someone who possesses and FFL MUST carry out a background check. The couple of hunting rifles I've ever bought at gun shows had background checks done on them. From what I've been told, the organizers frequently deny people without FFL's from renting tables to sell their personal collections.
The only guys I see setting up tables to sell privately generally don't have guns, just a bunch of fucked-up Nazi memorabilia and cheap-ass ninja blade knock-offs.
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I suspect most gun nutters are perfectly ok with this guy having that arsenal.
kestrel91316
Jan 2013
#1
To say nothing of the fact that a gun black market would have significant logistical difficulties.
Aristus
Jan 2013
#67
It's easier to produce drugs at home and sell them than it is to produce guns. n/t
pnwmom
Jan 2013
#14
a girl who fought for us in Vietnam at age 17? Jeeze, get a better story, LOL.
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#55
No problem with owning a gun. I just think it ought to be watched at least as closely
mbperrin
Jan 2013
#24
Vietnam had nothing to do with preserving America's freedoms. That is rhetoric. nt
Comrade_McKenzie
Jan 2013
#25
Ho Chí Minh was gonna take away your guns, cancel "Gilligan's Island", and make you wear...
Tom Ripley
Jan 2013
#66
So we should just get rid of laws that people break, and not pass any more?
truebluegreen
Jan 2013
#79
How do we enforce them when the NRA made sure there was no ATF head, no info sharing, no research?
SunSeeker
Jan 2013
#17
Why did the State of Ohio grant a felon a license to open a store that likely sold guns?
freshwest
Jan 2013
#5
That's not the point. Note I said 'likely' not 'certainly' or 'all sporting goods stores.'
freshwest
Jan 2013
#39
Yes, 4 trailer truckloads of guns is enough for many people to hold at once. He intended mayhem.
freshwest
Jan 2013
#48