tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933084868399786273.post5851267776953494015..comments2023-07-27T16:47:39.266+01:00Comments on Two Shorten the Road: No Loaded Guns in the BuildingTwo Shorten the Roadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03552869938010784108noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933084868399786273.post-30042971590312380822008-03-06T03:22:00.000+00:002008-03-06T03:22:00.000+00:00Thanks for the info. If they have racist paraphern...Thanks for the info. If they have racist paraphernalia at these shows, they won't get my money or any of my 120 armed employee's money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933084868399786273.post-42121445519912914392007-11-30T19:06:00.000+00:002007-11-30T19:06:00.000+00:00First, you can definitely go to gun shows and buy ...First, you can definitely go to gun shows and buy many guns without any background check or any police officer (undercover or otherwise) there to care about what you are buying. I have often been to a <A HREF="http://www.vfw1115.com/gun_show.html" REL="nofollow">huge gun show</A> held on Labor Day weekend.<BR/><BR/>Second, I may or may not have some relatives of some sort who collect Nazi memorabilia (along with other types of memorabilia). I have asked why they collect them. I have yet to hear an adequate explanation. I just don't get it.caramamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02327695885346537321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933084868399786273.post-13051788933020418922007-11-19T17:11:00.000+00:002007-11-19T17:11:00.000+00:00Joe, the fact is that you can buy guns from anyone...Joe, the fact is that you can buy guns from anyone there, as long as they call themselves "collectors." It's just semantics -- there were literally 1000s of guns there for sale by these "collectors" who looked for all intents and purposes like gun shops. <BR/><BR/>The point of the restrictions on gun sales via licensed dealers is so that a random MS-13 member (for example) can't buy a cache of weapons anonymously and walk off into the sunset. At a gun show, because the guys with 100s of guns for sale each call themselves collectors, that MS-13 member can do whatever he wants.<BR/><BR/>I actually didn't see anyone outside selling single guns from his trunk. That would have alarmed me a lot less, though -- it's the mass quantities for sale that I think create the problem. <BR/><BR/>I was at the show -- I saw it all myself. I wish it weren't the case, but unfortunately it was. I actually went there thinking that the media had probably overstated the situation (like they have done in the past talking about Uzis and whatnot), but in this case, they have not.Two Shorten the Roadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03552869938010784108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933084868399786273.post-79734540135336973392007-11-19T16:31:00.000+00:002007-11-19T16:31:00.000+00:00Hi -- not knowing what your husband bought or from...Hi -- not knowing what your husband bought or from who, you're right: he may have bought from an individual collector who had a table, as opposed to a federally licensed dealer. They wouldn't have skipped any background check -- the state police usually have a visible and undercover presence, it would be kind of silly to try.<BR/><BR/>I still think you're overstating the loophole thing a bit -- if you sell lots of guns and aren't a licensed dealer, that'll tend to attract lots of attention from the ATF, etc. And a sale between individuals is a sale between individuals, whether it occurs at a gun show or not.Joelogonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12889931738120460487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933084868399786273.post-90454480561173363762007-11-19T16:02:00.000+00:002007-11-19T16:02:00.000+00:00Funny note, the one person I ever knew who had a l...Funny note, the one person I ever knew who had a lot of (or any at all) Nazi stuff was Jewish.... I never could get a straight answer on why he had the stuff.. If I was Jewish the only time I would be involved in that stuff was so that I could destroy it....danielobvthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15770902689514604135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933084868399786273.post-65896073035676436392007-11-19T14:09:00.000+00:002007-11-19T14:09:00.000+00:00Joelogon -- My husband bought a gun from a vendor ...Joelogon -- My husband bought a gun from a vendor and was not asked for any id other than that needed to cash his check. So perhaps there is a regulation that is not enforced -- the fact remains that there was no background check actually run.Two Shorten the Roadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03552869938010784108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933084868399786273.post-60561832140391713512007-11-19T11:10:00.000+00:002007-11-19T11:10:00.000+00:00Congrats on your DC Blogs mention!Congrats on your DC Blogs mention!DCSportsChickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314398982432159993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933084868399786273.post-32682275475740271062007-11-19T03:11:00.000+00:002007-11-19T03:11:00.000+00:00You're mistaken about the "gun show loophole" -- i...You're mistaken about the "gun show loophole" -- if you buy a gun from a vendor, you need to bring two forms of ID and submit to the same Virginia State Police background check as if you bought it from a store.<BR/><BR/>Individual sales, though, are unregulated, though they take place outside -- it's why you see guys with rifles slung and "for sale" signs stuck to their backs.Joelogonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12889931738120460487noreply@blogger.com