JohnRich 4 #26 April 17, 2007 QuoteQuoteapparently in Mississippi you can buy a gun at a gun show without any background check... That's correct... only sales from gun stores have to have background checks done. Minor correction. Licensed gun dealers have to do background checks. Some licensed gun dealers do business at gun shows, in which case it is just and extension of their store, and they still have to do background checks. Only the private citizens, who are not gun licensed gun dealers, at gun shows can make sales without a background check. So, it's not the location that determines whether or not a background check occurs, it is whether or not the gun seller is licensed by the government. Furthermore, if you intend to sell guns as an ongoing business, then you must be licensed. So the no-background check think is only for people who make infrequent private sales. Neal, I think you know all this, so I'm just throwing it out there as a clarification for other readers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
justinb138 0 #27 April 17, 2007 Quote So the no-background check thing is only for people who make infrequent private sales. At all of the gun shows I've been to, I remember the majority of non-FFL sales I saw were from private citizens to FFLs, not from one person to another. I'd be willing to bet that private sales make up a very, very small percentage of sales at the majority of gun shows. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,120 #28 April 17, 2007 >If someone was carrying a concealed weapon . . . Like I said. Might be a great discussion to have - in a week. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Butters 0 #29 April 17, 2007 Quote >If someone was carrying a concealed weapon . . . Like I said. Might be a great discussion to have - in a week. If only the media understood appropriate timing ... "That looks dangerous." Leopold Stotch Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,120 #30 April 17, 2007 >If only the media understood appropriate timing . . . We can't control the media. We can control ourselves. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Butters 0 #31 April 17, 2007 Quote>If only the media understood appropriate timing . . . We can't control the media. We can control ourselves. Agreed. But I should note that this issue is not new and I question whether the discussion of an issue should be put on hold because of a current event relating to the issue."That looks dangerous." Leopold Stotch Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Duckwater 0 #32 April 17, 2007 QuoteWe can't control the media. We can control ourselves. I think we have demonstrated as a soceity that we cannot control ourselves. How much time was wasted watching the OJ trial. Millions of lost man hours. Can you drive by a wreck and NOT look? I cant, but I wont slow unless I have to. That French guy that claimed to be a Rockefeller and scammed millions....Spent a couple years in jail, then sold his story for Millions. Everyone would probably admit that lending support to any of the above is wrong, but we can't control ourselves. We will also take this horrible tradgedy and spend an inordinate amount of energy into it. Just like 911. Three times as many people died in traffic accidents that day. The average daily murder rate is 45 people. All equally tragic for the people involved. I think we should include them in our thoughts too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #33 April 17, 2007 Quote>If someone was carrying a concealed weapon . . . Like I said. Might be a great discussion to have - in a week. The issue is timely now, Bill. The discussion is timely now, too. The vitriol - no. The discussion - yes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FireMedicJumper 0 #34 April 18, 2007 Quote Sometimes I wonder about you guys. If someone's loved one came home from Iraq horribly burned, would someone here start a thread about their favorite flamethrowers? I know, you have very good points to make, the Second Amendment, clueless sheep etc etc. But perhaps the day of the worst shooting tragedy the US has ever seen is not the day to make those points. Bill I didn't start a thread about my favorite serial killerMy owning a firearm has absolutely nothing to do with the VT Massacre. I believe only some one who wants to blame an object rather than the person responsible could be offended here. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,120 #35 April 18, 2007 >My owning a firearm has absolutely nothing to do with the VT Massacre. I agree. But waving in the face of someone who has just been a part of something like the VT shooting is somewhat uncaring (IMO.) There is a time to have a discussion about your favorite guns, and a time to not make a big show of it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FireMedicJumper 0 #36 April 18, 2007 Maybe so. I think I was somewhat irritated by statements such as... Guns are bullshit. Get rid of them. I would like to see something like... Murderers are bullshit. Get rid of them. Thankfully this VT whacko chose to get rid of himself for us as our society probably could not bring itself to execute such a person. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
