steelerdude99
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The "Gun Show Loophole" has nothing to do with Gun Shows and it's not a loophole, it's a deliberately designed feature of the law. The whole idea behind the Gun Control Act of 1968 was to make sure that the laws of the individual states were followed during transfers between states and to allow the individual states to decide whether or not to require the services of an FFL for transfers within a state.
Some states have chosen to require background checks for transfers within the state. Most states have chosen not to. Proponents of Universal Background Checks want the Federal government to override the wishes of the individual states. This is a huge concession. What are the anti-liberty folks offering in return? As usual, nothing.
Not only that, in 1968 laws were a series of compromises. In the GCA of 68 for registration to be specifically mentioned and NOT permitted, it must have been needed to get the bill passed. I have to assume that means there are those who wanted registration and those who were dead set against it. So, when GCA of 68 passed, "private sales" are NOT federally prohibited and it was illegal to setup a federal registry of what firearms an individual owned.
It started the fight by gun control zealots who wanted the registration in the first place that has gone on for some 47 years. That's over two generations. At the time, I was only concerned with who had my Crayola crayons and failed to write my congressman.
chuck