As noted above, you do not have to pass a NICS test to buy a handgun at a gunshow, or anywhere else in Washington State for that matter, unless you are buying a gun from a registered dealer.

That's also the case in the majority of the states in the country...and accounts for 40% of the handgun sales in the country, too.

The NRA, and assorted fruits and nuts, all blame gun violence on crazy people, not guns...yet they still argue against having background checks for every handgun sale...every time.

Here's the map that shows where you do NOT need a NICS check to buy a handgun from someone other than a licensed dealer (at gun shows or otherwise):

http://www.governing.com/gov-data/gun-show-firearms-bankground-checks-state-laws-map.html

If you are a responsible gun owner, and truly believe that guns are not a problem but that people who shouldn't have guns are the problem, then why in God's name would you argue against making sure that everyone who buys a handgun has to go thru a NICS check?

There's no reason at all.

Fish on...

Todd