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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Metalman2004" data-source="post: 149713" data-attributes="member: 7681">It is possible, but not as easy as it sounds.  I have no doubt it does happen, but there’s more to the story than you’d think.When you buy a gun from a store in any state the store runs your name through a basic background check to make sure you are a felon or anything else major (dishonorably discharged from the armed forces, major mental illness noted by the state, etc.).  This can take 10 minutes or 10 days or even longer.  There are more details but that’s the basic bit to it.Problem is, the gov’t has dropped the ball on this and multiple major shooters have passed this background check when they should have been flagged.Most (possibly all) states won’t allow an out-of-state ID to purchase a gun.  Example, I used to have MS as part of my sales territory and in my spare time on trips there I’d check out pawn shops.  I was bummed the first time I tried to buy an old rifle and they said no because my IDs identify me as a Texas resident.One thing that is talked about frequently is a misnomer that people call the “gun show loophole.”  LOTS of people think that anyone can go to a gun show and buy whatever gun they want without that background check, but that’s not even close to true.  Almost all vendors at gun shows are considered “stores” and they all require the national background check.  There is one way to legally purchase a gun without a background check though.  A citizen can sell their own privately owned gun to another citizen without a background check.  Since that gun was obviously purchased from a store originally there are records of who the original owner is and you can bet that the original owner will get a knock on the door if their gun shows up at a crime scene.  That’s why most (but not all) private sellers get a bill of sale and ask to see the buyer’s CHL or LTC.  That’s what the “gun show loophole” actually is.  As a private citizen I can attend a gun show and bring my gun to sell to someone else at the show.  Is that loophole exploitable?  Yes, but it’s not that easy to do and any seller that’s careless is opening themselves up to a lot of risk.</blockquote>

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