Sad to say, but the FFL is not your friend as a gun owner. He’s in business to make a profit, and I’ve not a thing wrong with that, BUT he is the person whom the state has deputized to stand between you and your inalienable right to self-defense. He is a willing accomplice to the ATF. He’s got all kinds of excuses, but the real reason he likes things the way they are, it that his government license keeps others out of the business of selling firearms. Economically, we’d call it a barrier to entry. I have another name for what the function of FFLs is. Kapo. Google it up if you don’t know the meaning.
“It’s always good to peel the onion so to find out what’s underneath the surface. The real intent of those who would pass legislation to limit sales at gun shows only to those who possess a FFL is to eliminate gun sales between private citizens such as neighbors, friends, relatives, etc. In the event this law is passed you can be sure that the next step will be to expand it so that all gun sales must be routed through a FFL owner.”
I think the long term strategy is pretty clear. Make guns harder to own and use, thereby reducing the number of people who legally own them until they are politically irrelevant.
Then make the left overs illegal as well.
You are absolutely correct on the intent to require all gun sales to be done through agents of the state. That becomes an indirect form of registration, and effective confiscation over time.