Guns sold through private sales currently avoid background checks -- the so-called gun show loophole.
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He supports, and would support, legislation that addresses the problem of the so-called gun show loophole.
The so-called gun show loophole is a problem that he thinks that Congress can and should address.
It was a chance meeting at a gun show and he never saw or spoke to him again.
"I'll be on your side for closing the gun show loophole, " Clinton says.
In Indianapolis, police said a 54-year-old man was injured when he accidentally shot himself while leaving a gun show.
"Most of the guns that are purchased at a gun show are purchased from federal firearms-licensed holders, " Keene said.
The gun show was closed after the shooting and will reopen Sunday.
House and Senate leaders cannot reach agreement over the gun show background check, even after a meeting last week at the White House.
Recent polling shows that more than 80 percent of Americans support extending federal background checks to include gun show sales and private purchases.
He would, however, support and has supported some gun control legislation like the assault weapons ban, like closure of the gun show loophole.
Three guns used by the two underage killers were purchased by 18-year-old Robyn Anderson at a Colorado gun show to avoid a background check.
The NRA disputes that characterization about the "gun show loophole" because federally licensed firearms dealers participate at gatherings and, of course, conduct background checks.
Ten states and the District of Columbia have their own laws requiring background checks for any firearm sold at a gun show, Nichols said.
Bloomberg fronted a sting operation to expose the gun show loophole.
In addition to breakfast, at the Plaza there is live music, a gun show, impromptu square dancing, a flapjack-flipping contest and a hat-stomping competition, among other activities.
Currently, background checks are required only for sales by the nation's 55, 000 federally licensed gun dealers, but not for gun show, person-to-person sales or other private transactions.
In addition to the limitations on military-style rifles, Morgan wants gun show loopholes closed and demands that gun dealers be required to run background checks on purchasers at shows.
Under the new county law, Great Western Shows, which runs the gun show four times a year at the Pomona fairgrounds, can exhibit guns there but not sell them.
Seven Republicans voted for the Democratic amendment -- two more than crossed over on the gun show vote a year ago, when Vice President Al Gore broke a 50-50 tie.
New York authorities said last week they had reached a deal with 23 gun show operators in the state after an investigation revealed weapons were sold without proper background checks.
"We are going to work to pass some reasonable gun violence legislation that addresses universal background checks, closing the gun show loophole and helping with mental health issues, and banning high-capacity magazines, " Kelly said.
The shooting prompted police to ban any private gun sales -- in which visitors bring their firearms to sell at the gun show -- for the remainder of the two-day show, which concludes Sunday, Keith said.
Colorado voted to make background checks for gun-show purchases mandatory after Columbine, when investigators learned that the weapons used by the teenage killers were bought by an 18-year-old at a gun show to avoid a background check.
Last May, the Senate narrowly approved modest gun control measures requiring background checks for gun show purchases and child safety locks on new weapons, banning assault weapons for juveniles, and banning the importation of large capacity ammunition clips.
And he called on Congress to restrict ammunition magazines to no more than 10 rounds and to require a background check for anyone buying a gun, whether at a store or in a private sale or gun show.
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Even while running for President in 2008, McCain upset the all-powerful National Rifle Association (NRA), and its legion of members, when he supported closing the gaping loopholes that permit almost anyone to buy a firearm at a gun show.
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In May, as part of a bill aimed at curbing juvenile violence, the Senate passed measures mandating child safety locks on handguns and requiring background checks to be made on anyone who buys a weapon at a gun show.
Twenty-three operators, representing more than 80 percent of the shows across the state, will abide by the "Model Gun Show Procedures" developed after undercover operations in 2011 showed buyers could obtain weapons without going through required background checks, Schneiderman said.
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