Blackmoor Vituperative

Well, it’s lobbying time in Richmond again, and once again the folks who want to disarm other people are at it, trying get laws passed to “close the gun show loophole”.

News flash: there is no “gun show loophole”. The same laws apply at gun shows as apply anywhere else firearms are bought or sold. Period. The “gun show loophole” is a fantasy concocted by anti-civil-rights groups like the Brady Campaign, which cynically use the tragedy of a handful of crime victims to further their despicable agenda.

CATO Institute had a short but persuasive article on this back in 2000: The facts about gun shows.

It is interesting to note that firearms are the single most heavily regulated consumer item in the USA, and are subject to far more restrictions than a host of other items which are directly involved in a hell of a lot more deaths (e.g., automobiles, red meat, etc.).