I too, have never saw this “loophole” everyone keeps referring to. I have not bought a firearm at any of the 3-4 shows I attended since 98 because they were to pricey.
It is nothing but a catch phrase made up by the left to scare their uninformed/ignorant left wing base. A person can sell their own property and it makes no difference if they sell it at a gunshow, in the Wal Mart parking lot or at their home. A licensed dealer has to do a background check unless it is exempted by the Weapon Carry License and a private seller does not regardless of where the deal is being made. The left has for decades tried to make a big deal of people being able to buy a gun from a gun show and bypass the background check calling it a loophole but it is just a big lie. A private seller has never been required to do a background check regardless of where the deal is made.
Your summation is correct. They've further identified what it means to be "in the business" but that's about it.
In thirty years of attending gunshows and speaking with "private party sellers," even becoming friends with some, I have never found this canard to be accurate. Typical leftist pablum. I've never seen one sell to a person unknown to them without asking for an instate ID and if they were a prohibited person. I'm not saying there aren't super neckbeards out there who don't give a damn about legality, but I've not seen this reported "common practice."
Wait, we're supposed to have an SOT?
