Claim: "It has been estimated that nearly 40 percent of all guns sold in America are sold by private, unlicensed sellers either online or through gun shows."
Fact-check: McAuliffe says 40 percent of U.S. gun sales escape background checks
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Sean Gorman
Date published: 2015-11-02T00:00:00