I don't see where the Hughes Ammendment hassles anybody or hurts the 2nd Amendment. I have bought an assault rifle, two pistols, a shotgun, and an electric powder rifle since 1986. If it's an idiotic Amendment because it does nothing, then why bother with it at all? This is lke changing the law that states you can't hang clothes to dry in New York without a permit. Who cares? Does that law infringe on people's ability to dry their clothes? Leave it alone and actually look at something for the future that would benefit the nation's population, but not infringe. Progress is future change, not past change.
But certainly buyng a gun at a gun show should come with the same background check one has to go through in a pawn shop, right? That's one glaring issue. Stating that doing away with the Hughes Amendment is the "only gun reform" needed is a bit irresponsible. I would say the same thing about a gun owner who stores his guns in a way that allows teenage idiots to tote one to school to kill his favorite bully.
So the way I see it, we can whine and whine about the direction of the wind as being a blow to our 2nd Amendment rights, but we don't seem to care about holding anybody responsible to those rights. In fact, its the only right that has no sense of responsibility attached to it. Even the Freedom of Speech comes with laws that prohibit you from slandering or causing riots. Even driving a car comes with laws of safety and insurance. But a gun? Absolutely nothing. I can buy my gun, store it on the living room carpet for all to touch and handle, and be exonerated if it is used in a school shooting.
Why people are petrified anytime someone in Washington even say's the word gun is beyond me.