Excellent article on the “gun show loophole” that is really a sham to begin with. Too bad there are people that do not understand how a gun show works.
I went to one here in Ontario, the Crossroads of the West Gun Show, and inquired as to the method of purchase for a firearm from a dealer there at the show.
It is exactly the same method as it would have been had I walked into his store in Riverside. Except that I could give him $100 there, do the paperwork for the background check and the requisite state and federal BS, and in ten days pick said firearm up after I proffered the rest of the money I owe for the firearm.
Nope. No loophole whatsoever. It’s a lie made up by the gn grabbers of the Brady bunch ilk to scare the idiots that don’t know any better.
Gun show sales not big source of problems
Recently, the state Crime Commission deadlocked over whether to recommend closing the so-called gun-show loophole. The issue has become a perennial at the General Assembly, which is considering the matter once again this year. Once again, legislators should vote no.
Licensed firearms dealers — those who buy and sell guns as a business — are required to conduct background checks on prospective buyers.
The “loophole” in question refers to the fact that individuals selling guns from their own private collection do not have to — either within gun-show venues, or in the parking lot, or in their own homes.
Gun-control advocates often muddy the issue by referring to “unlicensed dealers” at gun shows, of which there are indeed many. They sell holsters, flashlights, hunting knives, T-shirts, books, gun safes — even jewelry. But an unlicensed dealer who sold guns as a business would invite felony charges under federal law.
Gun-control advocates also suggest, albeit with scant evidence, that gun shows supply a significant share of the weapons used in crime.
Federal data indicate otherwise. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics report, “Firearm Use by Offenders,” only about 1 percent of guns used in crimes come from gun shows. In fact, most crime guns — 57 percent — come from just 1 percent of licensed dealers. Federal and state law-enforcement agencies should come down on those renegade dealers like a ton of bricks.
Truth, Lies and In Between 
Hey I am quite confusing about “gun show loophole”. When I am surfing the net I read a story that “gun show loophole” is an illegal gun show where guns sell without background test.
That’s a lie. All gun shows are required to sell their guns in accordance with federal and state laws. The only time a background check is not conducted is when two private parties decide to buy/sell a gun at the show. This doesn’t require a background check because it isn’t a dealer that is making the sale.
You can legally buy a gun from a private citizen without a background check anywhere, never mind a gun show.