The "Gun-show loophole" does not exist. Period. Any transfers through an FFL MUST go through the NICS check, and well over 90% of all firearms dealers at your typical gunshow are FFLs. When Sarah Brady talks about "unlicensed dealers," what she's talking about are people selling holsters, t-shirts, and the like. What the "Gun-show loophole" is attempting to talk about are legal Private Party Transfers, which are quite rightly perfectly legal things.
"Assault weapons" verifiably comprise less that .02% of all gun-crime, and only 20% of crimes involve the use of a firearm. This is not to mention the fact that "Assault weapons" are expensive and hard to conceal. And all of this does not mitigate the fact that a ban ( also known as a Law ) is only going to be obeyed by people who are law-abiding to begin with. CRIMINALS are going to ignore a ban on assault-weapons, just like they ignore bans on bank-robbery, rape, and murder.
As for the cops: most police
Cheifs like the ban. Most
Street Cops, however, know that the ban was complete nonsense, totally ineffective, and had no bearing on crime.
http://www.keepandbeararms.com/downl...Facts_v3.2.pdf