02-19-2018, 07:14 PM
(02-19-2018, 07:08 PM)Vas Deferens Wrote: Are NICS checks always necessary to buy an AR, or are there 'loopholes' or whatever the term is for gun shows / private sales or whatever? I get that it would have been a roadblock or stop the sale in a licensed transaction through a physical, reputable store, but wonder about the other (supposedly legal albeit non traditional) avenues.
I can't speak to state laws outside of CA, I'm not expert in such matters and they can vary quite a bit. Generally, the only time a NICS check is not required is when one private individual is selling to another. Gun shows, to my knowledge, require a NICS check. The real bottom line is people are calling for laws on guns when the system didn't even work as designed because of mistakes at numerous levels. Both the recent church shooting and this one should not have occurred if actual laws and procedure were properly followed. That they did not is a combination of human error and deliberate policy, not gun related policy either. it's very possible that, if things had gone as designed, then both this shooting and the church shooting would have been prevented.
