I have no confidence in their compromise. I see this wording everywhere that talks about it: "but exempt other transactions like some face-to-face exchanges among family members."A-R wrote:So all sales a gun shows requiring background checks seems clear, but the "Internet sales" makes no sense. Out of state online sales (like Gunbroker) already require FFL transfer/background checks. Does this now also mean that in-state sales (like Texas Gun Trader) would be required? But it specifically mentions exempting face-to-face sales. So what if you advertise on TGT (or here on TexasCHLForum) but then do the transfer FTF? What if you email each other to set up a FTF deal?Manchin is trying to persuade Toomey - a former Pennsylvania House member and president of the Club for Growth - to sign on to a proposal that would require checks and records of sales in commercial settings, including gun shows and online. Private sales would not be covered.
The exemptions are going to be very narrow...unofficial database is on it's way. Who cares about family member transactions when they are a small sliver of the number of transactions. A database with 90% of legal transactions is better than 0%...really any % is better than 0% because then you grow that % in the future.