27 Dec 2012 5:43 pm
So you're saying that non-licensed people never sell guns at gun shows? NEVER? Of course not. But I will tell you that they make up less than 5% of the booths at a show. Your numbers are just wrong, but it doesn't matter how many people explain to you that it's not true. You're going to believe your bias regardless the facts. Another thing that you're not aware of, is a bunch of booths at gun shows don't sell guns at all. Some sell holsters, some sell reloading equipment, others sell jams, jellies and jerky. You started out saying that 40% of gun sales were not checked. That number is a COMPLETE fabrication that is often quoted by "studies" that give no data to support their claims, like this one: http://www.ucdmc.ucd...execsummweb.pdf who says: "Undocumented private party transactions account for asmany as 40% of all gun sales." But where is the data to support that? Later (very shortly later) he says "Current evidence suggests that gun shows account for 4% Inside Gun Showto 9% of all gun sales. Perhaps two-thirds of sales at gun showsare made by licensed retailers." So even if we assume 10% of gun sales happen at gun shows, if 2/3rds of those are done by dealers doing background checks, that means 3.5% of guns sold are not undergoing background checks. How does bloomberg explain away that conflict