‘Gun Show Loophole Closing Act’ reintroduced in the House

By Christen Smith

A Democrat from New York’s 12th congressional district reintroduced the Gun Show Loophole Closing Act in the U.S. House of Representatives last week.
Rep. Carolyn Maloney sponsored H.R. 1612 Friday and, so far, 29 co-sponsors, all Democrats, have signed onto the bill, which would require background checks for all firearm sales at gun shows.
“For too long, we have allowed the gun show loophole to undermine our best efforts to prevent crime and keep guns away from dangerous individuals” Maloney said Friday. “The Brady Bill has prevented the sale of more than 3 million guns to felons, domestic abusers, and other prohibited purchasers. The gun show loophole and other shortcomings erode this progress and safety check, allowing dangerous individuals to game the system and slip through the cracks.”
The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act mandates background checks for guns bought through federally licensed dealers only, thus allowing otherwise prohibited buyers to exploit the so-called loophole by forgoing a background check during a private sale.
This bill, like the five iterations before it, tries to close that perceived loophole as well as require gun show operators to register with the attorney general’s office and update the state with a list of all vendors’ identities at

Source: Guns.com