Background Check News: Beefed Up Commitment to Enforce Existing Gun Laws Required

Investigators placed by New York City Mayor's office pretending to be firearm buyers, secretly filmed different purchases made by their agents across a three state and seven city study on the gun show loophole.

The undercover surveillance video shows how simple and quick it is to purchase firearms during the thousands of gun shows held every weekend across America.

The undercover investigators clearly mentioned not being able to pass background checks while attempting to purchase the firearms. They were still able to buy the guns anyway. Under law a seller is not to proceed with a firearm transaction if he/she has reason to believe that the buyer cannot pass a background check. The video shows clearly how anyone, even convicted criminals and murderers, can easily score firearms during these gun shows.

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Here is the video showing the transactions:



After the gun show sweeps, New York City Mayor's office had some startling figures, the office's undercover agents were able to purchase 36 semi-automatic hand guns and 2 assault rifles without going through background checks, and in some instances even without as much as showing an ID.

During the investigations, the agents ran multiple integrity tests on gun show sellers, and 19 of the 30 private sellers failed by selling firearms to the agents who admitted to not being able to pass background checks. This comes as no surprise to some security analyst, during these shows, when a buyer comes with the right amount, the dealer will sell the gun, no questions asked.

The investigation clearly shows the existence of the gun show loophole, which studies show are the source of firearms for a large percentage of criminal activities across the united states. 30 percent of the illegally trafficked firearms are traced to gun shows, a figure reported by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.

Major concerns among the different state heads is the lack of enforcement to the current gun control laws, laws that are already in the books, but is poorly enfored, especially during these gun shows.