So from what I've been reading and watching on the news, people can go to gun shows and purchase firearms without a background check. Can someone elaborate on this? I'm going to assume the person still has to have an FID card and in the case of a handgun a purchasing permit. The background check they're talking about is the NICS check correct? Or is a gun show a free for all where anybody can show up with money and buy whatever they want no matter if you're legally allowed to have a firearm or not?

How do you guys feel about this "loophole"? What are the advantages of purchasing firearms and accessories at gun shows?

Discuss.

Read this

 

http://njgunforums.com/forum/index.php?/topic/43542-can-i-ask-a-question-gun-show-loophole/page__hl__%2Bgun+%2Bshow+%2Bloophole__fromsearch__1

 

How do you guys feel about this "loophole"?

 

I got no feeleings about something that doesn't exist.

The term itself is another media created term meant to push a political agenda and promote intentional misconceptions.

Is this a troll question? Kind of sounds like somebody fishing for something?

if you are from NJ, there is no gun shows, so how can there be a loophole.

 

"gun show loophole" is any transfer between people that doesnt go through an FFL. If you lend your friend a rifle to try out, gun show loophole. If you display your stuff at a museum, gun show loophole. if you sell face to face in a state that doesnt require background checks, gun show loophone. and if you buy from a guy selling his collection at a gun show, but he doesnt have a ffl, gun show loophole.

I have a question that sort of goes along with this. Often when the antis are talking about the "gun show loop hole" they like to say 40% of all gun purchases are done with out a background check (I have also seen them use the same percentage for just guns purchased at gun shows so it could be the media misquoting something). Does any one know where that statistic is coming from and when? I have been to gun shows both in Montana and Virginia before and usually out of a 400-500 table show there is only 3-4 tables at most (with usually less than 10 firearms) that are not licenced dealers. I am not really seeing 40% of firearms being sold with out background checks.

I've bought a few guns at gun shows and it required a nics call every time

So from what I've been reading and watching on the news, people can go to gun shows and purchase firearms without a background check. Can someone elaborate on this? I'm going to assume the person still has to have an FID card and in the case of a handgun a purchasing permit. The background check they're talking about is the NICS check correct? Or is a gun show a free for all where anybody can show up with money and buy whatever they want no matter if you're legally allowed to have a firearm or not?

How do you guys feel about this "loophole"? What are the advantages of purchasing firearms and accessories at gun shows?

Discuss.

WOW, what a shock, people are being misled by the media!

 

sarcasm off

 

The quick answer is that you as a NJ resident cannot buy anything from a private seller at an out of state gun show and all FFLs must do NICS checks. NJ does not have gun shows. Residents of the same state can buy firearms from each other in most states, in some states without a backround check, this sometimes occurs at gun shows.

Read this

 

http://njgunforums.c...__fromsearch__1

Thank you, I was heading in that same direction, I'm not a troll or an anti trying to cause trouble here, I'm a gun owner who wants to educate himself so I, in turn, can go out and try to educate others about how distorted this subject is in the media and in politics.

Thanks guys.

RxB