No he hasn't said he opposes further regulation of private sales. His last comments to the NRA were that he opposed regulation of private transfers within families. He left the field wide open to regulate private transfers between non-family members. His quote: "I also oppose efforts to require federal regulation of all private sales such as the transfer between a father and son or husband and wife." I am not sure what part of that you cannot understand.
I understand it perfectly. Read it again. It says, "I also oppose efforts to require federal regulation of all private sales such as the transfer between a father and son or husband and wife."
"All private sales" means just that, all private sales. The "such as' here is an exemplar and not an all inclusive list. Thus, if we are to take this statement as true (which is a separate issue) this means that McCain opposes federal regulation of ALL private sales.
Why are you willing to cut him so much slack for supporting a law that inconveniences the law-abiding, while doing nothing to reduce crime?
I'm not cutting him slack. I disagree with him on this. However there is still this pesky thing called perspective and McCain is by far the best candidate on this issue in this race.
It depends on how it is written. In the case of S890, if memory serves, it was written so that the promoter was liable to be punished if anyone at the show made a transaction w/o a background check. That would mean doing a bg check at the door of the show, or only allowing dealers to attend the show, either of which would be bad for business.
So have folks admitted sign an agreement stating they wont make any transactions.