Reply #35: You're partially correct...

[KansDem]

But not always the case (at least in Ohio):'

Basic regulations like restricting guns and alcohol are designed to allow Ohioans to practice their second amendment rights while still keeping our families and communities safe.

While the House should stop this outrageous bill, there is another huge loophole in our gun regulations that remains untouched, the gun show loophole.

Right now, if you want to buy a handgun, you go to a licensed gun dealer, show a photo ID to prove you are a resident of Ohio, and depending on the results of a background check, leave with your gun. Gun dealers must have a federal firearms license (FFL) and they must run the names of buyers through the National Instant Background Check System (NICS) to make sure that the person is not a convicted felon, domestic violence offender, mentally unstable, or other another type of prohibited purchaser. FFLs must keep records so that if the gun is later found at a crime scene, law enforcement can trace it to the buyer.

Now how about instead of going to a gun store, you went to the dealer's booth at a gun show. The system would still be the exact same. You would have to present photo ID and submit to the same background check before you could leave with your new handgun.

But here is where it gets weird.

If you were to step over one booth and buy the EXACT SAME handgun from a private dealer you would not have to submit to a background check. In fact, undercover investigations here in Columbus have discovered dealers who don't check ID, even after the buyer says they could not pass a background check.

Let's summarize.

Gun store: Photo ID and Background Check

Gun Dealer at Gun Show: Photo ID and Background Check

Private Dealer at Gun Show: NO Background Check, Inconsistent ID Checks

This is the gun show loophole. Felons and people with dangerous mental illnesses, who would not be able to buy a gun through a licensed dealer, can step across an aisle at a gun show and buy the same gun, no questions asked. The ATF has tracked 30% of guns in the illegal market back to sales at gun shows.

http://www.progressohio.org/blog/2011/04/closing-the-gun-show-loophole-a-primer.html

Felons and terrorists can still be firearms at gun shows...

That's why Rep. Quigley wants to end the Gun Show loophold and restrict gun show sales.
http://www.ontheissues.org/IL/Mike_Quigley.htm

But it still doesn't answer why the Republicans want to start upholding "civil rights" with its stance on "No Buy" lists.