Currently, only federally licensed gun dealers need to conduct background checks before making sales, and sales between family members, friends, and neighbors go unchecked — including online or at gun shows. (vox.com)
A final argument that gun - control laws disarm good people and leave criminals with weapons is countered with data showing that a strong regulation and oversight of licensed gun dealers has been, in the words of the book Reducing Gun Violence in America: Informing Policy with Evidence and Analysis, «associated with 64 percent less diversion of guns to criminals by in - state gun dealers.» (scientificamerican.com)
You people are very misinformed, only police, military and a very select few class 3 ATF licensed gun dealers can have automatic assault rifles, and the horrible terrible people at the NRA spend millions a year teaching gun safety, gun responsibility, gun training and promote legal gun ownership, a gun is a firearm, a tool that only becomes a weapon when the one holding it intends to harm another, until then it's a gun. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)