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I'm not sure why this distinction needs to be made. If an FFL completes a 4473 when they buy a gun from themself it can then be sold privately based on their state's law. Doing so at a high-profile gun show and playing like all of the guns for sale have already been sold to you and can therefore be sold privately isn't very smart and is exactly the type of dealer we don't need.It's also true that a lot of dealers sell their "private" guns at gun shows.
I never said there weren't private sales at gun shows. I'm pushing back at the notion that no background checks are completed at gun shows implying that everyone buys at the show without going through the background check process. FFLs who sell at a gun show MUST complete a 4473 for every sale and update their A&D book accordingly.There are lots and lots of guns at every single gun show that can be bought without a background check. It's a known problem.
Private sales aren't the problem.