50% of guns sold in TX do not get a background check.

[Cattledog]

[BigmanPigman]

1. What the hell?!?!?!?!

[sarisataka]

2. Source? nt

[JoanofArgh]

3. I found this. Doesn't state the percentage but it's probably true

Texas does not currently require background checks for firearms sold or traded at gun
shows by private individuals or unlicensed vendors.


http://www.houstontx.gov/againstgunviolence/public/documents/86th-Session-Background-Checks-at-Gun-Shows.pdf

[sarisataka]

5. It is true that

Texas does not require background checks for sales by private individuals, along with about 40 other states. Licensed dealers must do a background check regardless where the sale takes place.

There was a 1994 survey that claimed almost 40% of sales did not involve a background check. That almost 40% was rounded up to 50%

I found this study Firearm Acquisition Without Background Checks, funded by gun control organizations that estimated 22% is a more accurate number.

[thatdemguy]

4. All gun sold when new get back ground checks

Now if they are sold by a private person they are not, but at that point they are a secondary sale. But they where sold with a back ground check to the original owner for almost the last 30 years, and handguns in most states for longer than that.

Just pointing out the laws.

[pansypoo53219]

6. i see so many guns on estatesales.net + at local sales. tho i bet not on criminal radar.

[Amishman]

7. Kind of, Texas does not do a separate background check for the sale if they already have a license

Did a search from seeing this topic and found this (warning gunner site) https://onlinetexasltc.com/background-checks-for-texas-handgun-purchases/

Anyone who holds a current and valid Texas License to Carry is exempt from having a background check completed, even when purchasing at a federally licensed gun dealer.

So they don't do a background check at the time of sale if the buyer has an active Texas gun license, because a check was done when that license was issued.