[SkyDancer]

Every gun show we've attended had a booth where you file the paperwork for the gun; some gun dealers had the paperwork at their table to fill out - then you took it to that booth where they'd run the background check.

About the only way around a background check is if you bought privately.

[A Navy Vet]

"About the only way around a background check is if you bought privately."

That's one of the things Biteme wants to cancel. He suggests background checks even if you GIVE a gun to someone else, including a family member. Good luck, enforcing that one.

[gundog]

... is if you bought privately.

That’s what they mean. They’re just trying to demonize gun shows. Plenty of folks walk around at shows with rifles slung over their shoulders, with a price tag on the rifle.

They want the de facto registration that comes with ending private sales.

[SauronOfMordor]

About the only way around a background check is if you bought privately.

When they talk about "gun show loophole", what they are really talking about is private sales (whether or not at a show). They want to he able to ban private transfers, even between family members.

The reason is that a well maintained gun can last for decades. Once it passes from the original owner via private sale, there is no longer a database record to facilitate confiscation.