Texas Commissioners met and heard from the public about the petition to discontinue the contract for public venue of the Expo Center which supports the “Gun Show Loophole” with Tax Payer dollars having it at the venue. Gun Shows do not require Face to Face background checks, background checks upon entry, or have an age restriction allowing easy access for underage individuals, convicted felons, and particularly in Texas-the Cartel-easy access to guns.
Opposition admitted no tracking to the number of guns sold at the shows at the Expo Center ever to contribute to any statistics, many who spoke, also opposed gun registration and comprehensive background checks including face to face registration believing in some cases that personal judgement is comprehensive enough.
The Commission asked many important questions and were available for interview as well as conversation afterward.
Included is the article written immediately after today from the Austin American Statesman.
Here is the Facebook group for the petition and community around it for others to organize in their areas in a similar mindset.
99% of gunshow sales require a background check because they are done by a dealer with a Federal Firearms License. Almost all gun shows require you to be a dealer to have a table. The loophole is that private individuals (those not doing it as a business) may sell guns to each other, but this happens far more outside of gun shows between friends and family. The idea that you don’t get a background check buying anything at a gun show is simply a lie that’s been repeated for so long people believe it without actually going to one and checking for themselves.
Again, though, no one’s really worried about allowing background checks as long as it doesn’t put people on a registry so that they can be publicly exposed and threatened for having weapons or have door to door searches of their houses or confiscations. This is the same reason people don’t want to be registered for their race, religion, political affiliations, etc.
Why would you want a background check on entry? The large majority of people don’t even buy a gun when they go to a gun show and are there WITH someone.
There are already age restrictions to buy guns. 18 for a rifle, 21 for a handgun. The 21 restriction on handguns is for possession as well. Hunting safety certifications go clear down to 12 in this state. So, it should be illegal for a parent to take their child to a gun show to have their child help pick out the hunting rifle that fits them appropriately and they can handle safely? That sounds even more dangerous. What about parents with babies? You’re not allowed to go to a gun show if you’re a parent?
Thanks for that info. I didn’t know that. End the drug war. Felons who have dont their time are not second class citizens. They have equal rights to 1) guns 2) welfare and 3) voting.