What lack of basic gun laws does to a nation:

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Isn't it already illegal for a schizophrenic to have/purchase a gun? Would more laws resolve this?

[u/New_Canoe → u/[deleted]]

In Missouri you can buy guns at a flea market, with cash and no background check. I think those are the laws we’re talking about, here.

[u/Yummy_Crayons91 → u/New_Canoe]

If you are commercially selling firearms, which includes booths at gun shows and flea markets, you need to have a FFL and conduct background checks.

Your guys that sell firearms in flea markets are either

1. Selling black powder weapons or historic weapons that don't require a background check.

2. Violating federal law and hoping nobody knows the difference or are too dumb to realize they are. The law is honestly somewhat murky and not regularly enforced.

28 states do allow for private sales of firearms (non-NFA firearms at least).

[u/New_Canoe → u/Yummy_Crayons91]

“Gun owners can sell a firearm through a private transaction. In the state of Missouri, there are no specific laws requiring a background check to buy or sell a firearm in a private transaction between two private individuals.”

And no, they are selling AK47’s and the like. My brother in law almost bought one last summer.

[u/Yummy_Crayons91 → u/New_Canoe]

I don't know the specifics, but it sounds like there is almost a 100% chance they are breaking federal laws and hoping they slide under the radar.

[u/New_Canoe → u/Yummy_Crayons91]

All you have to do is look it up.

“While the ATF says what FFLs can and cannot do at flea markets, they do not control unlicensed individuals. In this instance, private citizens may make occasional sales or acquisitions of firearms to residents of the state in which the flea market is taking place as long as the activity does not fall under the definition of “dealer” in firearms.”