National Firearms Act

In the massachusetts area gun laws can be as followed. The M assachusetts Law requires firearm owners to be licensed through their local Police Department or the Massachusetts State Police if no local licensing authority is available. A license is required by state law for buying firearms and ammunition. An applicant must have passed a State approved firearm safety course before applying for a license. An FID license is required to carry a gun. O pen carry is legal with…

Clinton era and having two decades worth of policy and laws on firearms, firearm laws have changed drastically. But with Congress stepping in and getting help from state legislature, all the goals of having a gun safe world is being destroyed and being limited to three realistic goals such as reducing possession by high-risk people, restricting access from certain people, and using guns to stop top level offenders. Federal level firearm policy hasn’t really changed since the Brady Law and…

their own use. Just like owning a gun one in three Americans have some sort of police record. As shown in figure 1, the United States has a large variety of gun owners, especially in Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming which 50% of their civilians own a firearm. Figure 1 Facts in Numbers Gun violence has killed over 13,399 people in the year 2015, that’s over 3…

Attorney General Kamala D. Harris claims the new laws that fall under “assault weapons”. She explains different weapons that can be considered a “assault weapon”: “A semiautomatic, center fire rifle that has the capacity to accept a detachable magazine and any one of the following: a pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath the action of the weapon, a thumbhole stock, a folding or telescoping stock, a grenade launcher or flare launcher, a flash suppressor, a forward pistol grip” (Kamala…

intruder. In addition, National Rifle Association (NRA) believes that violent crime has gone down due to more people legally carrying guns. According to the NRA, through 2010, the nation’s murder rate has decreased 52 percent to a 47-year low, and the total violent crime rate has decreased 48% to a 37-year low (Karen Ridder). Universally, gun supporters believes that gun bans will not deter crime. The NRA’s research on “assault weapons” shows that “only” just a small percentage of…

Could one imagine the black fear that will engulf their soul if they heard their child’s school just underwent a shooting? Would one contain the strength to watch their loved ones lowered into the ground in their casket because of the misuse of a firearm? Unfortunately, all of these situations occur very often in today’s society because of the leniency of gun laws across the nation. As a nation we can easily silence the suffering of many families and friends with minor tightening of the nation’s…

Throughout American history, the topic of gun control has been an argument filled with controversy. There have been a number of traumatic events in the country that involved the use of guns; Because of this, many Americans have become weary to the thought of anyone being able to carry a gun. Over the years, there have been many different stances developed pertaining to this topic. Some believe the Second Amendment should be completely abolished, others believe there should be no restrictions on…

from the SIRS data base laws vary from state to state concerning concealed carry. But what is concealed carry? Concealed carry is where one has the ability to carry a firearm in the public without getting into trouble. Currently, the concealed carry law is only a state law instead of a federal law. Some states do not allow firearms being on certain properties such as a government building, a church or a school. In other states, private businesses prohibit conceal carry. The pro view believes…

when out of nowhere a suspicious man enters the local bank and confidently states that this is a holdup. All of the innocent bystanders inside the bank are physically incapacitated initially out of fear as the bank robber brandishes his intimidating firearm while giving directions to the civilians not to move or speak unless exclusively instructed to do so at his command. The man also warns them not to try anything sneaky or else he will be compelled to do something crazy. The suspect makes his…

A shot heard in the distance. People shouting, but their panicked voices get overwhelmed with the sirens of ambulances and police cars. Screams sounded from everywhere and soon, news channels have let the whole world know about the catastrophe that occurred seconds ago. This happens almost every day in many cities. More and more of those who carry guns have decided to let everything loose and at the end, many people get lost as well. As a result of weak gun control, mass violence has become an…