National Firearms Act

the FBI and the National Instant Background Check System (or the NICS) have already attempted to solve this problem. The NICS is a system that does a mandatory background check on anyone attempting to buy a gun. Launched by the FBI on November 30, 1998, NICS is used by the Federal Firearms Licensees, or the FFL. Before making the sale, cashiers call in to the FBI or another agency to make sure the customer does not have a criminal record or is otherwise ineligible to purchase a firearm or…

be taken away all together, or should the process to receiving a permit be more in depth? Should be police officers and security personnel be the only ones to carry firearms? These are all questions in the discussion of gun policies in the United States. Right now, 47% of Americans say yes, there should be more restrictions on firearm purchasing while 53% of Americans…

guns out of the hands of the people, mainly college students, most likely to commit violent acts. For instance, Skorton and Altschuler state, “According to the Harvard Injury Control Research Center, 85 percent of attempted suicides using guns are fatal…” (630). In other words, with guns adjacent to individuals and college students, there will be plenty more suicides that will prosper. To illustrate, firearms do not need to be put in the hands of a college student (Skorton and Altschuler 630).…

tokened phrase “a little goes a long way”. Their gun reform laws are classified into three categories; prohibited, restricted, and non-restricted. To own a gun or ammunition you must possess a valid license under the firearms act, which is typically only given to those in need of firearms for work (Matthews, 3). To receive a fire-arm license, citizens must undergo a screening process which includes a safety course, criminal history, background checks, provision of personal references, all…

the UK created the Second Firearms Act. This Act made it so all handguns were banned from civilian ownership, purchase and sale. This Act was made in response to the Dublane Massacre in 1996, which was a middle aged man shooting children in an Elementary School. After this Act was put into place, the murder rates happened to change in the wrong direction. “The rate for intentional homicide in the UK in 1996 was 1.12 per 100,000. It was 1.24 in 1997, when the Firearms Act went into effect, and…

instance, has some of the most liberal laws in the country. Being that the state has the most restrictions, such as magazine capacity, hand gun registration, and the state does not recognize a Federal Firearms License (NRAILA). In Ohio, there are fewer restrictions such as concealed carry, or where a firearm can be legally discharged in a situation that is not in self-defense (NRAILA). The federal government can have certain laws, while a state can have laws that say otherwise. An example of…

Gun control has been a debated topic ever since the Federal government passed the National Firearms Act of 1934, meaning to reduce gun violence. It is a common statement that regulations surrounding firearms are not strict enough and action is needed to prevent further problems, such as random shootings. The big question is whether or not passing more laws on gun control will actually address the problem, and while most agree that gun violence needs to be controlled, there has been no major…

total. Two thirds of the 7,900 deaths in 1981 involving arguments and brawls were caused by guns. If these individuals aren't allowed allowed to own firearms it would prevent a lot of gun violence. If gun store owners and big companies weren't so stubborn and ignorant and don't let criminals and mentally ill people get a hold of a firearm we would have a lot less violence. However when it comes to these big gun corporations like the NRA money is the root to all evil, they would rather get…

the lives of these innocent people may have been spared. There are many other reforms that were proposed but never passed. The Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act sought to give the U.S. attorney general the capability to preclude “known or suspected dangerous terrorists” from the purchase of explosives or guns. The Gun Show Background Check Act would have put an end to the “gun show loophole” as it sought to require gun show vendors to perform background checks on those…

leaving the door open for gunmen to manipulate the Amendment to purchase firearms to possibly carry out shootings - all without background checks. Although political figures throughout…