The gun show ’loophole’ is a euphemistic term that was created by politicians to portray that anyone who makes an occasional private sale of a gun to another private individual without a permit and background check is legal, as long as they are not buying and selling firearms for profit on a constant basis. The term ’loophole’ was originally agreed upon as a comprimise for ways to purchase firearms freely by which we are legally allowed to do with our 2nd amendment, but is being politcally rebranded to suggest that people are trying to work around the current existing gun laws.

The "gun grabbers" who strongly believe in civil disarmament often believe that the system is broken with criminals purchasing firearms legally through gun shows with the intention of reselling or purchasing them for nafarious reasons.  Nevertheless, the people who are against gun ownership rights often base their decision on emotion vs. facts. There is very little analytical evidence to support their argument in making a factual decision on this basis. The people who are against gun ownership rights also tend to believe that the 2nd amendment was orginally constituted for low capacity magazines, not for the protection of high capacity magazines, and should be governed as an evolving document.

In conclusion, a gun show is not gun sale "free for all" with criminal activity. FFL dealers must still perform background checks on all transactions.

The ATF (Alchohol, Tobacco and Firearms) has more details on the subject of what is lawful: https://www.atf.gov/file/100871/download

by Paul Reed