"Mr. Luddite" wrote:
On 11/15/2014 1:27 AM, KC wrote:
On 11/14/2014 8:56 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 14:20:04 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

I don't think private sellers at gun shows or anywhere for that matter
are criminals by nature, looking to break any laws. They may not have
even known that the state law to check ID's existed. They are gun nuts,
not professional dealers.

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You can be sure that anyone with a booth at a gun show has been
advised of their legal obligations and has signed a statement
acknowledging those obligations. The organizers take care of such
things to protect themselves from legal action.



I think the problem here is the source and ones point of view of the
source. Dick trusts the source (in this case CNN) go give you the
straight skinny so he takes the limited info they gave us as gospel. If
you take those numbers as a fair stat on illegal gun sales, you come to
about 25% dirty sales. On the other hand 1, many here don't take CNN as
fair and balanced since they have been caught red handed in the past
taking sides, secondly, the real time personal experience of each and
ever gun buyer on this group would suggest that it's nowhere near 25%,
again suggesting CNN possibly didn't play straight, and with their
history, I give the weight to that side of the story.. but then again, I
wear a tin hat, I mean, I think MSNBC is biased too


The CNN thing was not a documentary on the percentage of illegal gun
sales or even the number of attempts at buying. It was very simply a
demonstration of how easy it was to purchase a bunch of firearms over a
weekend with no questions asked.

That's all it was. If you want to believe it was all scripted and made
with hired actors, that's your call.

It did not really show how easy was to buy firearms off grid. They
admitted to 600 miles of driving and 5 gun shows to buy 3 guns. That does
not look easy. Easy is going to the hood and buying stolen guns. Just
convince them you are not police. There was a Scotland Yard detective
probably 20 years ago, who was anti gun, who wrote a paper on how easy it
was to buy a handgun off the street in London. And handguns had been
banned for many years by that time. I saw one of the expose' shows where
they bought a couple guns in Idaho. Made it look easy. But they admitted
to being turned down a lot. When my father went to the hospital when the
cancer got to him, someone broke in and robbed all the guns except for one
22 rifle. This was before the requirements of safes. Those weapons could
easily be used for crimes, and would be sold off grid. Buying for
criminals is most likely easy and cheaper than buying legally.