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Should private sellers at gun shows be required to do background checks?
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New York Post
Joined by a dozen survivors and family members of the victims of 2007's Virginia Tech massacre, Mayor Bloomberg and Tatyana Timoshenko -- mother of slain NYPD cop Russel Timoshenko -- today called for closing Virginia's gun-show loophole.
The loophole allows sellers at gun shows across Virginia to sell weapons without conducting any type of background check.
"It's easier for a criminal to buy a gun at a gun show than it is for one to rent a car or for a 20-year-old to buy a glass of beer," Bloomberg said. "Gun shows are supposed to be places where sportsmen and collectors can find products at good prices, not havens for criminals and gun traffickers."
Posted on 4/27/2009 7:10:56 PM by DNight
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