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ProgressiveProfessor

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14. Not all gun transactions require a background check. It depends on the state

Wed Jan 30, 2013, 04:24 PM

Jan 2013

Most state do not require checks on private party transactions. Which means you can give a gun to someone or sell it to someone without going through an FFL. The law as it stands today prevents private sellers from getting background checks.

Anyone buying through an FFL holder must get a background check

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Just got a part time job and underwent a background check. And if I buy a gun? [View all] Bluzmann57 Jan 2013 OP

Because, gun owners are scared of anything rbixby Jan 2013 #1

You do. former9thward Jan 2013 #2

No you don't. I have a 9mm glock 19 rustydog Jan 2013 #3

Most guns are bought through FFL dealers. former9thward Jan 2013 #7

I don't have to have a background check oneshooter Jan 2013 #36

Stop evading the issue. former9thward Jan 2013 #38

NICS background checks are prohibited for private sales. ManiacJoe Jan 2013 #20

+1 uponit7771 Jan 2013 #34

Yes, you are required to get a background check to buy a gun. aptal Jan 2013 #4

Not always, depending on the state ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #12

All states require background checks to purchase a gun from a retailer. aptal Jan 2013 #19

From a retailer. 40% of guns are not bought through retailers and require no check. Squinch Jan 2013 #24

Where is your link for that? former9thward Jan 2013 #40

Flex your google muscles dear. Type in "40% of guns sold without background check." Squinch Jan 2013 #43

I did. former9thward Jan 2013 #45

Well, how about this. Squinch Jan 2013 #47

Actually I looked at that study. former9thward Jan 2013 #48

And yet, due to the work of the NRA and organizations like them, it is the best information we have. Squinch Jan 2013 #49

I agree with you. aptal Jan 2013 #50

nope uponit7771 Jan 2013 #35

Yes. former9thward Jan 2013 #39

What state DOES require a background check when buying a gun from someone other than Squinch Jan 2013 #44

The poster I replied to said retailer. former9thward Jan 2013 #46

Care to retract that 100% declarative and incorrect statement yet ? Nt pkdu Jan 2013 #51

No. former9thward Feb 2013 #54

I see , we have to read ALL your word-salad/spaghettios to pick out a correct statement. No thanks. pkdu Feb 2013 #55

I don't know the "we" you are speaking for. former9thward Feb 2013 #56

Common sense isn't common among the NRA type of gun owners SpartanDem Jan 2013 #5

apples and oranges cthulu2016 Jan 2013 #6

My girlfriend got a job at Target Drale Jan 2013 #8

I wonder if the difference is that your job is protecting valuable workers from you, just in case. freshwest Jan 2013 #9

U do have to have a back ground check Jack Hinson Jan 2013 #10

Actually that is not true ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #13

Which of the recent mass shootings guardian Jan 2013 #11

None, best I can tell ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #15

Not a single one IrreverentOne Jan 2013 #16

How would you know if a mass shooting was prevented by a background check... Renew Deal Jan 2013 #17

Question, then... metalbot Jan 2013 #41

Our goal shouldn't be just to stop mass shooting SpartanDem Jan 2013 #18

It seems to me that requiring a background check on every sold gun would, Squinch Jan 2013 #25

So your actual answer guardian Jan 2013 #28

Yes. These are different things. But I do think these are the things that are necessary Squinch Jan 2013 #30

Not all gun transactions require a background check. It depends on the state ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #14

Well that's the point. We should require them for all gun transactions. nt Deep13 Jan 2013 #27

I understand Jack Hinson Jan 2013 #37

Why should your job require a background check? surrealAmerican Jan 2013 #21

Well in this particular job, there are some valuable things lying around Bluzmann57 Jan 2013 #22

That is undoubtedly their reason ... surrealAmerican Jan 2013 #23

That was my first thought also.nt Mojorabbit Jan 2013 #52

Agree with universal background checks for guns... Deep13 Jan 2013 #26

"that makes me object generally to them snooping around in their workers' private business" guardian Jan 2013 #29

Honestly, yeah, that should not be publicly available information. Deep13 Jan 2013 #31

You go through that background check customerserviceguy Jan 2013 #32

I had... raidert05 Jan 2013 #33

What does the forklift look like? maryland native Jan 2013 #42

Buy a gun new or used from a dealer, yes. Buy used from another random person, no. OneTenthofOnePercent Feb 2013 #53