MYTH - Guns are registered and when there is a crime, they are easy to track down.
FACT - Maine does not require guns to be registered.


MYTH - There is no Gun Show Loophole. Private sales are just that, private and are therefore not controlled by Commerce laws.
FACT - Many private sellers or 'non dealers' are in fact taking advantage of their status. Take a look at the undercover video on our Home Page. Also so visit our Statistics Page that outlines this problem with Uncle Henry's. This is what is meant by the Gun Show Loophole.


MYTH - There are countries like Israel and Switzerland with more guns and less crime than the US.
FACT - While these countries have armed militias, they also have very strict rules where the militias and guns are concerned which mean they acutally do have strict gun control laws.


MYTH - President Obama wants to completly ban guns.
FACT - President Obama, according to the Brady Center 2009 Report Card, failed miserably with all F's. Sure doesn't look like he's even trying to close the Gun Show Loophole.

Federal law regulates sales by federally licensed gun dealers (FFLs) (defined as a person “engaged in the business” of dealing in firearms), but does not apply to a non-dealer, (defined as a person “who makes occasional sales, exchanges or purchases of firearms for the enhancement of a personal collection or for a hobby, or who sells all or a part of his personal collection of firearms”).

Sales by non-dealers in Maine take place at gun shows that are a significant distribution channel for all firearms and they are advertised and sold extensively in Uncle Henry’s. Presumably sales also take place in a wide variety of other forms and venues, although Craigslist and eBay expressly prohibit advertisements or offers of firearms.

State law does not regulate sales by private sellers at gun shows, via Uncle Henry’s or otherwise, except that no firearm may be sold to a person under 16 and no handgun, to a person under 18.

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