Gun Show Loophole: No background checks for assault weapons

Purchasing a gun comes with responsibility and takes time.  


Unless that purchase is made at a gun show.

Obtaining these weapons without undergoing a background check still exists at gun shows across the United States and, oddly enough, is not illegal.

Known as the gun show "loophole," these unchecked purchases are legally acceptable because private sellers are not required to perform background checks on the buyer.

On the east coast alone, 65 percent of gun related deaths are the result of gun shows in the state of Virginia.

And the numbers get shockingly larger.

In a two hour time span, 12 members of the Central Intelligence Agency purchased 5,000 fire arms at gun shows without an I.D. or background check, while those involved with the Columbine High School shootings purchased their guns at gun shows in Colorado.

Currently, democratic members of Congress have sent letters to the House of Representatives to support a bill that would change this policy.


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