• lando55@lemmy.zip
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    4 months ago

    Serious question: do you believe that you can purchase a firearm from a commercial dealer online or at a gun show without regulation? Because in most cases, that simply isn’t true.

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      4 months ago

      I’ll admit I’m not educated on the subject but it was my understanding that there is a loophole for gun shows.

      In a country where there are more guns than people, I don’t believe the barriers to entry for gun ownership for someone who really wants one are substantial. So fundamentally, yes, I do believe this.

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          4 months ago

          I’ve never been to a gun show, but I went to a guitar show as a teenager, looking to buy a bass, and I ended up chatting up some dude carrying his Rickenbacker 4001 around in a case, looking to sell.

          We went out to the parking lot and made a private sale. All cash, no tax, no receipt.

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          Yeah but even with gun broker it depends on the state your buying in. Most cases they will ship the gun to your local FFL, where you then still have to go through all the paperwork to get the gun released.

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          4 months ago

          Don’t private sale happen at gun shows? And don’t you find it a little silly that you are criticizing the detail of HOW this is done while missing the bigger picture of how easy it is to get a gun in America.

          Here are me to edit that post to suit you pedantry.