I am in favor of background checks at gun shows, providing the time it takes to do the check will not interfere with the time of the gun show. ... Dept of Jus).The background checks work as follows: the purchase of the gun is made and the gun dealer sends off the information to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System or NICS; the information is then electronically processed, unfortunately not all the record are on computer some are till in courthouse files in which the three business day is allotted for. ... It is impossible to know the number of firearms bought by persons who ...

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I am sure that citizens of the United States who are not convicted felons or mental patients can and do carry concealed handguns without posing a risk to their fellow Americans. ... Metropolitan Centers and some suburban communities of America are setting new records for homicides by handguns. ...

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