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To: TigerPaw who wrote (484362)	10/31/2003 10:09:53 AM
From: Wayners	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

You can't be a "bulk buyer" of handguns in one gun a month states for starters. A person selling large quantities of fireaarms without a Federal Firearms license is dealing without a license which is already a felony. If such a person without a license was selling lots of handguns through the newspaper, he is going to get caught very quickly by the Feds. A "bulk buyer" with a Federal Firearms license is subjected to annual or more scrutiny of records by the Bureau of Alchol Tobacco and Firearms to make sure they can account for every gun bought and sold with names and addresses of where they went. Every gun show I've been to, every gun I bought there was subjected to a background check and the state police form and FBI form. All the people you see sitting at tables at gun shows are licensed Federal Firearms Dealers who are required by law to perform background checks whether in their place of business or at gun shows. Buying a handgun in pieces is only legal until you get to the controlled part. The controlled part by itself, by law, is a firearm and has to be sold only through a Federal Firearms Dealer who then requires an instant background check. The controlled part on handguns is usually the frame. If you are buying the frame through the mail directly without going through a Federal Firearms Dealer, that is a felony and violation of the Gun Control Act of 1968 and carries a 10 year prison term just for mailing a piece of metal.

To: TigerPaw who wrote (484362)	10/31/2003 10:18:57 AM
From: Wayners	Respond to of 769667

25% of all sales at gun shows are by non FFL dealers...ROFLMAO. That is beyond exaggeration! That Democrat from RI must not have read the constitution anytime recently. Congress does not have the power to pass laws that have no relationship to interstate commerce. In person transactions do not occur accross state lines and cannot be subjected to Federal laws. The States have the power to require such checks, not the Federal Govt.

To: TigerPaw who wrote (484362)	10/31/2003 10:34:29 AM
From: Gordon A. Langston	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

All commercial arms dealers at gun shows must run background checks, and the only people exempt from them are the small number of non-commercial sellers. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, at most 2 percent of guns used by criminals are purchased at gun shows, and most of those were purchased legally by people who passed background checks. From a Cato Institute Report I would imagine most guns used in crime are stolen or black market from Canada;)