Gun Shows
Gun shows are widely attended by Americans interested in firearms for defensive purposes, hunting, sports, recreation and historical significance.
In the 1990s, gun control supporters began claiming that criminals were commonly acquiring guns at shows. However, studies by the federal government have repeatedly shown that less than one percent of state prison inmates incarcerated for gun crimes acquired their guns at shows, while most acquired guns through theft, on the black market, or from family members or friends.
In the same period, gun control supporters began pushing federal legislation to require background checks on the relatively small number of people at shows who buy guns from people who are not dealers. Now, they demand a background check for any sale, trade, gift or other transfer of any firearm, anywhere, to anyone—in some cases, including family members or friends.
NRA opposes expansion of the background check system, because criminals easily get guns by other means and because expanding the background check requirement would be a step toward transforming the background check system into a national gun registry.
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
About 7,500 people attended last January's knife and firearms show, the first at the center since 2012.Despite the ...
Friday, July 28, 2017
Lacking evidence that gun control restrictions reduce crime or enhance public safety, proponents of such measures seek to ...
Monday, June 19, 2017
The Tennessee Court of Appeals has upheld a ruling that the Tennessee State Fairgrounds is allowed to ban ...
Monday, March 27, 2017
Vendors and show organizers say women, like Guzzo, are among a growing and changing demographic at shows around ...
Monday, January 23, 2017
At 8:30 a.m., the line to enter Saturday’s gun and knife show was already wrapped around the side ...
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Democratic legislators continue to press for more gun control measures in the wake of last week’s shooting at ...
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
The planned return of a gun show to the Westchester County Center after a four-year hiatus has local ...
Monday, October 3, 2016
Federal agents have persuaded police officers to scan license plates to gather information about gun-show customers, government emails ...
Friday, September 30, 2016
A longtime gun show operator at The Fairgrounds Nashville is appealing a judge’s July decision to dismiss a ...
Monday, August 15, 2016
In the progressive imagination, American gun shows are uniquely perfidious affairs — nothing more or less than illicit, ...
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