The people who don't use guns to commit crime anyway. Administration officials cite these figures as proof that the law is working to keep guns out of the hands of those who should not be allowed to buy them. The issue is not the sales channel, but the effectiveness of the laws in changing behavior. Sponsors of the legislation believe that one issue is closing a loophole which is often used by people to buy guns in a way which they could not otherwise get them legally. I have been to many gun shows and found most people there to be law-abiding citizens, but sponsors say there is a small percentage of people who use gun shows to acquire weapons for criminal purposes.
Lawmakers working on juvenile crime legislation freely say they can only do a small part.
This can only mean that legislators openly defy the will of their constituents when they vote the pro-gun line. The juvenile crime legislation being considered also includes money for security guards, metal detectors and other violence prevention programs in schools. I have seen no independent studies which indicate that most Brady Law denials were for anything other than disqualifications in the law. We have often heard liberals claim that capital punishment applied to criminals is no deterrent to crime. They are always on the side of the anti-gunners.