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Duckhunter935

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2. well it would help if they told the truth in the story

Wed Mar 4, 2015, 07:10 PM

Mar 2015

A loophole in the federal system currently allows people to buy firearms sold online and at gun shows without first passing a background check.

That statement is just plainly not true. Any dealer that has an FFL has to do a background check to include gunshows. Any firearm ordered online that crosses state lines has to be shipped to an FFL and a background check completed at point of pickup of the firearm. That is federal law now.

Of course if you are in the same state, an intrastate transfer is covered by state law and some states do include background checks for those transactions.

Facts matter, and I wish the great and wonderful press would at least be factual in the story.

How about we open up the NICS to private individuals and give them a go or no go to keep with the bill of sale?

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Bipartisan bill aims to close gun loophole [View all] glasshouses Mar 2015 OP

Sorry, it will never pass in the NRA/GOP controlled congress. AlinPA Mar 2015 #1

well it would help if they told the truth in the story Duckhunter935 Mar 2015 #2

As has been pointed out the "loophole" is something of a misnomer. Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2015 #3

Expect multiple states to challenge the law even if Congress manages to pass it Lurks Often Mar 2015 #4

Will DiFi be a bit wiser this time? sir pball Mar 2015 #5

Nope. VScott Mar 2015 #6