Gun Shows
Gun shows are widely attended by Americans interested in firearms for defensive purposes, hunting, sports, recreation and historical significance.
In the 1990s, gun control supporters began claiming that criminals were commonly acquiring guns at shows. However, studies by the federal government have repeatedly shown that less than one percent of state prison inmates incarcerated for gun crimes acquired their guns at shows, while most acquired guns through theft, on the black market, or from family members or friends.
In the same period, gun control supporters began pushing federal legislation to require background checks on the relatively small number of people at shows who buy guns from people who are not dealers. Now, they demand a background check for any sale, trade, gift or other transfer of any firearm, anywhere, to anyone—in some cases, including family members or friends.
NRA opposes expansion of the background check system, because criminals easily get guns by other means and because expanding the background check requirement would be a step toward transforming the background check system into a national gun registry.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Under current law, only licensed firearms dealers have to conduct criminal background checks on buyers at gun shows. ...
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
A divided Pasco County Commission voted Tuesday to move forward with a proposal to require a three day ...
Thursday, January 17, 2013
The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), which became operational in 1998, verifies that a person seeking ...
Friday, January 11, 2013
Speaking to reporters Thursday, Biden said he had found a "surprising recurrence of suggestions" for "universal background checks" ...
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Yet Fast and Furious was a well-intentioned, misguided response to — and not the cause of — the ...
Monday, January 30, 2012
Tennessee is one of the large majority of states -- 34 out of 50 -- that doesn't require ...
Monday, June 28, 2010
Gun shows are again under attack. And this time, the attackers have a nearly limitless war chest with ...
Monday, June 28, 2010
Gun shows are again under attack. And this time, the attackers have a nearly limitless war chest with ...
Monday, April 26, 2010
During April 2010, television ads paid for by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s gun control advocacy group, ...
Thursday, January 21, 2010
The War on Gun Shows Mayor Bloomberg`s new "study" promotes anti-gunners` real goals: reducing gun sales and registering ...
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