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As the bill stands under its current structure without any amendments or changes, there is no provision that I spotted that would ban any private sales or gun show sales. As a hunter and owner of many firearms for various reasons, I dont think this is a bad bill. It doesnt bring back the draconian laws of limiting types of firearms or magazine capacity that proved to be totally ineffective from the original Brady Bill. What this bill does is require states to keep thier records updated through the federal database we go through each time we buy a new gun. How is that a bad idea? Now I am the first one to denounce reactionary laws stemming from one or a few isolated incidents such as Virginia Tech, but the fact of the matter is that the shooter in that case should not have been in possession of a gun under federal law, and as one can see, rightfully so. If the state of Virginia had kept thier records up to date with the feds, there may have been a different outcome. But nowhere in that bill does it talk about private sales of guns, this as it is written would not stop you from picking up a second hand gun from a garage sale for instance.