About 40% of gun buyers face no background checks at gun shows and online.

Evidence

On the one hand, they demand that guns be kept out of hands of criminals and the mentally ill. On the other hand, they adamantly oppose universal background checks on the grounds that they impose needless burdens on law-abiding gun owners and will lead to a national gun registry. As a result, there are no background checks on about 40% of all gun buyers, who get their guns at gun shows and on the Internet regardless of their criminal background or mental health status (Luo, McIntire, & Palmer, 2013). — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 1329

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