1.   But the background checks are not required when unlicensed dealers sell at gun shows.

2.   Cleland had been leaning against the measure, but changed his mind Wednesday night after being assured the amendment would not drive unlicensed dealers into the black market.

3.   Clinton lent support to a proposed ballot measure in Colorado that would require unlicensed dealers at gun shows to run background checks of gun purchasers within three days.

4.   Currently, federal law allows unlicensed dealers to sell guns over the Internet.

5.   In the U.S. Senate, an amendment that would have prohibited unlicensed dealers from selling guns over the Internet was defeated last year.

6.   Instead, senators approved a rival Republican measure that would create a voluntary system for unlicensed dealers at gun shows to conduct background checks on their customers.

7.   The gunman, Ben Smith, later bought a gun from an unlicensed dealer.

8.   The governor said a toughened state law would not do any good until the federal government allows unlicensed dealers who work at gun shows access to computerized background checks.

9.   There is no law prohibiting private, unreported gun sales, but Clinton contends many unlicensed dealers at gun shows are violating various laws and perhaps selling stolen weapons.

10.   This is because their transactions were made at a gun show from unlicensed dealers.