This out of Nevada, we are such a threat to NYC:
http://www.rgj.com/article/20091007/NEWS12/91007009&OAS_sitepage=news.rgj.com%2FbreakingnewsNew York officials secretly videotaped what they call illegal gun sales at Nevada show
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NEW YORK (AP) — Private unlicensed gun dealers were captured on video selling weapons to undercover investigators who admitted they couldn’t pass background checks in a sting operation by Mayor Michael Bloomberg to highlight the “gun show loophole.”
The stings, described in a city report and documented on video released at City Hall on Wednesday, were conducted at seven gun shows in Tennessee, Ohio and Nevada. Those states are among the many that permit private unlicensed dealers, known as “occasional sellers,” to sell weapons at gun shows without conducting background checks.
Gun-control advocates say the loophole makes it easier for criminals to acquire guns and prevents law enforcement from being able to trace those weapons if they are used in crimes.
Nine states, including New York, have passed laws to close the loophole, requiring background checks on at least all handgun purchases at gun shows. Bloomberg has long campaigned for Congress to close it, and for states to do it on their own if the federal government does not.
Even in states that haven’t closed the loophole, federal law bars “occasional sellers” from selling guns to people they have reason to believe would fail background checks.
This is where the Bloomberg operation says 19 out of 30 sellers broke the law during the investigation, in which undercover investigators posing as buyers wore tiny cameras concealed in baseball hats and purses and audio recorders hidden in wristwatches.
In each purchase, the investigator showed interest in buying a gun, agreed on a price and then indicated that he probably could not pass a background check. Most sellers allowed the purchases anyway, responding in some cases by saying, “I couldn’t pass one either,” or “I don’t care,” according to the videos.
Two assault rifles and 20 semiautomatic handguns were bought this way, the report said.
“What you just saw was willful disregard of the law, and it happened again and again and again,” Bloomberg said, after showing several videos of those sales.
