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Already the law there, champ.

Not really. I bought an almost new Springfield Armory XD 9 at a show and when I asked about waiting time, required paper work, receipt, bill of sale, the seller told me that since he wasn't a business, but a private citizen who rented table space at a gun show, none of this was necessary and I walked out the door with my new purchase. On the way out, carrying my new purchase in it's plastic case, people in several booths asked me whay I had to sell or trade.

I was very surprised that it was so easy as I was under the impression there was more to it.

Not really. I bought an almost new Springfield Armory XD 9 at a show and when I asked about waiting time, required paper work, receipt, bill of sale, the seller told me that since he wasn't a business, but a private citizen who rented table space at a gun show

So he broke the law. Doesn't mean that there ISN'T a law.

If you buy from a private individual why would there be more to it?

No different than going to one of the many firearm related websites that offer a “For Sale” section, finding a gun you want and then go meet that person to seal the deal.

By the way, if you are a felon it is STILL illegal for you to buy a gun in a private sale.

The proposed law wants to stop ALL private sales at gun shows. Which would only be a precursor to stopping ALL private sales, period.

Your experience isn't consistent across all states. When an FFL sets up a table at a show, they must do the 4473 paperwork on any firearms in their inventory. In many states, a "private" sale still has to be mediated by an FFL including background checks. In other states, a private sale can be conducted as you did it with a private, non-FFL seller.

While I like the freedom of the completely private sale, you do have a little "caveat emptor" issue. You don't know for certain whether the seller is the legal owner of the firearm or fencing stolen property. You also don't know if that firearm has been used in the commission of a crime prior to your purchase. Absent any paperwork to prove the date on which you became the owner, you might well become a suspect in possession of a firearm used in a criminal act.

SHHHUUSSSSHHHH!

Not really. I bought an almost new Springfield Armory XD 9 at a show and when I asked about waiting time, required paper work, receipt, bill of sale, the seller told me that since he wasn't a business, but a private citizen who rented table space at a gun show, none of this was necessary and I walked out the door with my new purchase. On the way out, carrying my new purchase in it's plastic case, people in several booths asked me whay I had to sell or trade. I was very surprised that it was so easy as I was under the impression there was more to it.

Don't get to excited about it, up until Kennedy was shot we could go into a store and buy a gun and walk out with it right them. We could order guns by mail, you simply signed a statement that you were over 21 and whammo! your gun arrived in the mail.

Crime was lower, kids never shot each other in school and citizens could defend themselves at will. Every county in CA let you have a CCW if you passed the background check, you could carry a handgun openly(in a holster of course)and long guns also where ever you wanted(in CA).NYC was the only large city with oppresive gun laws and they had the highest crime rate.

The gun laws they have now haven't stopped, or even slowed down, crime, all they have done is make it harder for citizens to own firearms, and of course that is their real intent and purpose regardless of what anti-gun fanatics say.

Private sales without any gov’t paperwork are still very much legal in many states.

This is A Good Thing™.