21. Corrupt gun dealers were associated with the most guns diverted to traffickers, the study found, but gun shows were also a major channel. 22. Currently only federally licensed gun dealers are required to do background checks on buyers at gun shows. 23. Currently, ATF is forbidden from inspecting any gun dealer more than once a year without a warrant and can only revoke, not suspend, dealer licences. 24. Currently, background checks are done only for firearms purchased from licensed gun dealers. 25. Fellow gun dealer Gus Cargile described Bean as a big friendly bear of a man who would never hurt anyone. 26. Federal agents, however, have said the videotape provided by the gun dealer was inconclusive. 27. Federal law requires licensed gun dealers to conduct background checks on prospective handgun buyers. 28. First, they questioned the statistics as speculative and based on a very small sampling of gun dealers. 29. Frank Kieltyka, a gun dealer who lives in Decker, said no military brigades are based in the town. 30. Gun rights groups used their extensive network of shooting clubs and gun dealers to rally opposition to the bill. |