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The “Gun-Show” “Loophole” and Tort Law

| January 18, 2013

The “gun-show loop­hole” is the pop­u­lar name for the idea that peo­ple who wouldn’t be able to buy guns from fed­er­ally licensed firearms deal­ers can go to gun shows and buy guns with­out back­ground checks from non-FFLs. I’ve been to sev­eral gun­shows, and haven’t seen more than a hand­ful of guns for sale by non-FFLs. […]

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