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Actually, IHOP is private property, held open to the public for business. A gun show may be on public or private property, but it is a private event, organized by a private (non-governmental) entity. One is a venue for buying breakfast, but only from IHOP. The other is a venue to shop for a gun on the one side, and to display guns (& beef jerky) for sale, by either private individuals or businesses which hold themselves out to the public. You do not actually buy a gun from "the gun show."
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I realize that.
But you skipped the analogy of swap-meets. You dont buy from the 'swap-meet'. You buy from the private seller... whos there because the swap meet is a venue for buyers and sellers.... sellers that are in business of selling things; things that are the sellers personal property.
THATS what joe public believes. And its joe public that votes.
Make no mistake. IMO, requiring NCIS checks at gun shows wont make a measurable difference in terms of guns getting into the wrong hands.
But we're fighting public perception.