Gun shows & the ill named loophole

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

My personal opinion: Many criminals buy a gun from another criminal. There's no BGC, no FFL involved and no registration or other information recorded. Obviously this is a problem. In the eyes of the anti-RKBA folk, anything that involves a gun ought to be fair game for restriction but if that action mirrors an action of many criminals, it ought to be double secret illegal like a private party sale.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

1. There was recently a thread in GD about the man who recorded the killing of Eric Garner.

Eric Garner being the man who died while being arrested by police for selling cigarettes.

The man who made the recording made the news because he had just plead guilty to drug and weapons charges. He had prior run-ins with the law involving felony offenses. Yet, those who usually complain about the "gun show loophole" were suddenly upset that this man be held to account for his gun law violations.

Granted, they see him as vital to exposing the problem of police brutality but he is, nonetheless, a man with an extensive criminal history partaking in a culture that is responsible for the vast majority of violent crime, i.e. the illicit drug trade. Yet, he was granted far more indulgence simply because he serves an agenda than those who will never break a law or unduly threaten another soul. The latter are vilified, insulted, and denigrated at every turn.

What is the point of having a gun show loophole law -- or any other law, for that matter -- if the application of the law has no relevance beyond whether or not those calling for the law like you as a person and would rather judge you as a person based on their personal prejudices?

Gun control advocates would do better if they concerned themselves with their souls as much as they concern themselves with the .22 revolver my FIL gave me when my MIL passed.

[pablo_marmol]

3. "Yet, he was granted far more indulgence simply because he serves an agenda..........

.........than those who will never break a law or unduly threaten another soul. The latter are vilified, insulted, and denigrated at every turn."

Color me shocked. Example #749 of Controller hypocrisy.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

5. I remember asking about the ends justifying the means

Along with the news guy who waved the illegal mags on TV and the guy who made illegal transfer in Oregon (I think) that would be just another instance of someone getting a pass if you play for the team.

[ileus]

2. I went to a funshow this weekend...couldn't trade for crap.

Pretty disappointing to say the least, I was in the mood for a new CZ.


Anyway, I did notice where there was an area to conduct background checks for private sales.

[Eleanors38]

6. Yeah, everyone's read the same books, and the older good stuff is increasingly rare.

[pablo_marmol]

4. Don't have time right now to dig around for the (reliable) source, but.........

..........I recall seeing where gun shows account for something in the order of 2% of all guns used in crime. An FBI stat, if memory serves. I'll look around for it.