This is well-said and bears rehearsing:

“The (more) anti-rights wing of our one party system wants to register all guns, and this is just one of the ways they are trying to do that. Do they EVER connect two thoughts in their heads? They rail against the evil bush regime for taking away their rights and persecuting minorities, but yet at the same time are trying to give the government more available resources to do just that, as history shows us will happen again.”

Ain’t that the truth?? Many or most so-called “civil libertarians” and “liberals” will trample “civil liberites” when it comes to going after 2nd Amendment rights. They often SAY they’re “pro-choice” but they want to restrict or deny the CHOICE of the most basic human right–that being the RIGHT to CHOOSE, acquire, keep and carry the means of self-defense. They are tyrannical hypcrits!!

there is no loophole no matter how many quotation marks you put around it. Sales at guns shows are subject to the exact same regulations as sales not at gun shows.

That’s a whopping non sequitur. The article makes painfully clear that sales at gun shows are subject to the exact same regulations as sales not at gun shows, which is true. It also notes that some people consider the result a loophole, which is also true. It further notes that others, such as you, vehemently argue that it is not. Again, all true.

The only part that isn’t true is that you’re hung up on a phony definition of “loophole” which, if adopted by the rest of us, would render the word virtually meaningless. Loopholes rarely, if ever, occur because a law specifically excludes X from its application. Indeed, where a law does do that, and the exemption is deliberate, that’s prima facie proof that the law in question is not a loophole, but a deliberate policy decision that one side lost and is sore about.

When a dealer goes under is run out of business for “willful” errors their records go to ATFU, correct? When a private sale is on paper, what happens to that paper after the sale is complete?

The (more) anti-rights wing of our one party system wants to register all guns, and this is just one of the ways they are trying to do that. Do they EVER connect two thoughts in their heads? They rail against the evil bush regime for taking away their rights and persecuting minorities, but yet at the same time are trying to give the government more available resources to do just that, as history shows us will happen again.

I believe the definition of insanity….

there is no loophole no matter how many quotation marks you put around it. Sales at guns shows are subject to the exact same regulations as sales not at gun shows. I do see, however, that your description of the process is mostly accurate. I was addressing the fact you reference it as a loophole, when it is not.

And a couple of nits:

A licensed dealer is not required to perform checks on private or consignment guns as those are private party transfers.

ATF does not perform background checks. FBI administers the NICS. All sales in Tennessee go through the TICS, which is administered by TBI

see update to post.

When an individual goes to a retail establishment with a federal firearms license — anywhere from the local gun shop to Wal-Mart — an instant background check is performed through a state agency like the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation or the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.

A licensed gun dealer is required to perform a background check with TBI on any deals it conducts at gun shows, but not for individual owners looking to sell their personal firearms. The organized gathering of gun owners and dealers combined with the owner-to-owner sales has caused proponents of stricter gun laws dub this the “gun show loophole” to background check laws.

“If the National Rifle Association was looking for a Nashville-area spokesman, Uselton would make perfect sense. Besides his gun shops and manufacturing business, he’s also a deputy sheriff in Sumner County.”