This can be prevented with strict background checks. The gun sellers really need to start investigating their purchasers. Track their credit cards, it is a red flag if someone who has never bought a gun buys 1-5 at once. Any gun store can claim that they have had some of their inventory stolen, but in reality they sold them to one of these gun mules. John Lennon says that he always bought a new gun after each crime, he never stole them.…
In addition, “As of September 2013, about 67,000 firearms were listed for sale online from private, unlicensed sellers” and “An estimated 40% of all firearms transferred in the U.S. are transferred by unlicensed individuals” (Universal Background Checks). Harvard’s own Dr. Deborah Azrael tells The Trace that “of 2,072 gun owners” the researchers surveyed, “roughly 40% said they’d acquired their most recent firearm (through sale or transfer) without going through a background check” (Masters). According to Smart Gun Laws’ “Universal Background Checks”, “Although federal law requires licensed firearm dealers to perform background checks and prospective purchases and maintain records of all gun sales, it does not requires unlicensed ‘private’ sellers to do so” (Universal Background Checks). Because private sellers are not required to perform background checks, it makes it very easy for anyone to purchase a gun.…
This would involve documentation that could be sent to the ATF. To make matters easier, the ATF could make an easy system for private gun sellers without FFLs to send paperwork in, either through the mail or electronically. If we have to go through paperwork with FFL dealers why can’t we do so with private dealers. This would also keep track of who owns guns because it can be difficult to track firearms after they are bought through an FFL because of private sales. All of this involves increased funding of the ATF.…
Following recent events (involving multiple mass shootings and attacks) many people think that the laws on guns in the United States of America need to be much tighter. I am one of these people. At the moment, as soon as you cross the US border, you have the legal right to purchase yourself a fire arm for personal protection, sport and (apparently, in some unfortunate cases) carrying out an unreasoned mass shooting. This document serves to explain some of the holes in the American legal system. While my foremost problem is not with guns themselves, it is a fact that they are, in the first place, an inherent danger and owning them, in the first instance, causes more trouble than they’re worth.…
Convicted felons and other criminals cannot even be near weapons or touch the weapon. This makes it difficult for them the acquire weapons, so they resort to theft or black market sales. This is imperative since it shows how criminals can obtain guns and maneuver around and avoid laws. They would rather buy a gun off the black market because more than likely the serial number will not be present on the weapon. It will be scratched off so the weapon cannot be tracked.…
The Second Amendment, the right to bear arms is a controversial topic. Our society seems crazed with the idea of owning semi-automatic AR-15 or military grade M-16s. While anyone who possesses a valid Firearm Owner Identification card also known as Foid, along with a clean and clear criminal record, can own any style of arsenal that they desire in the great state of Illinois. Most people who own firearms, use them to protect theirselves and loved ones as a form of self-defense, hunting or just recreational use. Although not completely effective, it certainly gives people a false sense of security, fighting something with a gun is better than, fighting something with nothing.…
Today’s public needs to to become more aware of the harm caused by racial profiling and demand that a law should be passed to make racial profiling illegal because all the police harassment that has been happening and only causes anger and hurt, and no trust in our communities even if the person’s racial history is known in a negative way.…
Alang, Sirry. (2016, July 7). The massive toll of police brutality: the fatal shootings like in Louisiana and Minnesota destroy minority communities, both physically and mentally. The Salon.…
The affirmative argued that background checks are necessary for welfare in the United States. Their main argument is that gun violence is a major problem because of how easy it is for individuals to obtain weapons. They started off by using the common questions after gun violence tragedy, such as how and why did this happen where I live. They expanded that idea answering that these tragedies will continue if our background check policy is not modified. They had two examples toward their argument.…
I think that it is important to conduct pre-employment background checks. You really want to make sure that you get these from each applicant because this is going to give you a better idea of the person. It will tell you all their reason jobs, abilities, performance, and anything good/bad you would need to know about them. You really are going to want to focus on who is the best person for the job and comparing background checks can help narrow down the right choice. Background checks help to ensure safety of other employees because you want to check peoples criminal record and history, just incase they have something you need to be concerned about.…
Assault weapons are very powerful and dangerous weapons; therefore, the government should ban the use of assault weapons to protect their citizens. In today’s society, it is very easy to get access to guns. In California, obtaining a gun license is very easy: any twenty one years old and up legal resident can apply for a gun license. The requirements are: pass the written gun safety test, pass the background check, pay a small fee and present a valid ID.…
As the country with the largest stockpile of privately owned firearms, we aren’t doing much to prevent them from falling on the wrong hands. According to The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act convicted felons, drug users and abusers, and mentally ill people are prohibited from purchasing or possessing firearms (FBI). But, convicted criminals and mentally ill people are acquiring firearms without any difficulty and are using them for the wrong reasons mainly because of weak laws that regulate the sale of firearms. Firearm sales in gun shows are not regulated by the FBI and buyers are not required to go through any kind of background checks at the time of purchase. According to a report by the UC Davis Violence Prevention Research Program titled “Inside Gun Shows: What Goes on When Everybody Thinks Nobody’s Watching”, it is reported that more than forty percent of gun sales occur privately without any regulations.…
The Gun Control Act of 1968 prohibited the sale of guns to several types of individuals consisting of minors, people with criminal records, disabled, illegal aliens, dishonorably discharged military personnel and others. In 1993 the Act was changed by the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act. This Act said that background checks for all unlicensed carriers had to be done before they could purchase any firearms from a licensed dealer. However, there has been discussion that there is a “gun show loophole” in the Firearms Owners Protection Act of 1986 which allows all people, including convicted felons, the ability to purchase guns without a background check. While many people have decidedly formed opinions on gun control, the debate is complicated…
You just dropped your kid off for school around 8 in the morning. You tell your child “I love you” and send him into school. When pulling out of the school parking lot u see a suspicious van pull into the school, you don't do anything and keep going on your way. Then 30 minutes later you get a phone call from the police……. To be continued.…
Background checks have been used for years. Some people think that it is unfair and others think that it is the best idea to hit the United States since car radios. But whether people like the idea or not. Background checks will never go away, no matter how hard the society tries to remove it. What some people do not know is that they used to not be this strict.…