The Handgun Violence Prevention Act Of 1993

The two articles that I have read were “Connecticut School Shooting ‘An Attack on America’” by Ted Anthony and “The Price of Gun Control by Dan Baum. All around I believe these articles were both very interesting and both took different perspectives on the issues of guns in America. Both Anthony and Baum illustrated the different problems that we have in America and our communities with gun control and gun violence. But, they both brought the text together to relate it on a personal level. I enjoyed reading both texts and connecting to each one on a different level.

The National firearm act of 1934 regulating only fully automatic firearms like sub-machine guns is approved by Congress. Then Roosevelt wins approval of the National Firearms Act of 1938, which requires the licensing of interstate gun dealers, who must record their sales. It prohibits sales to individuals under accusation or convicted of crimes of violence. The Gun Control Act of 1968 was passed for the purpose of keeping firearms out of the hands of those not legally permitted to possess them because of age, criminal background, or incompetence. In 1972 the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms is created listing as part of its mission the control of illegal use and sale of firearms and the enforcement of Federal firearms laws. The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act enforces a five-day waiting period on the purchase of a handgun and requires that local law enforcement agencies conduct background checks on purchasers of handguns. Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 band all sale, manufacture, importation, or possession of a number of specific types of assault weapons. Given this information you

The Brady Handgun Violence Protection Act, in short: The Brady Act, was United States legislation that was passed by Congress in 1993. The Brady Act required a five-day waiting period and criminal background check, performed by state and local law enforcement, for the purchase of a handgun. The Brady Act was instituted to curtail handgun violence and decrease the probability of a handgun ending up in a criminal’s hands. The legislation was heavily pushed by Senator James Brady and his wife, Sarah Brady, after Sen. Brady was seriously injured by a gunshot wound during the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan in 1981.

The United States of America has been described by many people as the Land of the Free; a Land of Opportunities. There has always been a gun culture in America; however it has also been a gun-control culture. Whenever a devastating mass shooting occurs, such as the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, a deliberation about gun violence follows suit. Depending on whom you discuss this with, that case is not always true. There are those that are for gun control and those that are against. There are also conspiracy theories that claim that the events that occurred on that day were, in fact, staged with “crisis actors” playing the part of the deceased, yet they kept “popping” up in all the news photographs? Did it really occur or was this a way to bring to attention the fact that the Government want to stop honest Gun Owners in having weapons to protect themselves? Was there a complete lack of documentation of the school shooting and did it really occur? There certainly has been a lack of, or perhaps, a complete absence of any photographic proof of dead bodies, or what is noticeably staged, emotionless actors walking around in circles looking lost! Was the purpose to move the anti-gun movement forward?

December 15, 1791, the day America’s Bill of Rights was ratified, was the day the initial infrastructure for our country’s basic rights were established. Since then, firearms have been a highly deliberated topic. Even today, the debate over whether we, as a country, should institute stricter gun laws continues to be an ongoing conversation throughout social media, the press, and within our governing bodies. But, since the approval of the Bill of Rights, gun laws have continued to be restricted in order to protect the lives of citizens who reside in America. The initial catalyst for more rigid gun laws was the horrific assassination attempt of Ronald Reagan, which also brought injury upon James Brady who, due to this incident, later became an advocate for gun laws. Ronald Reagan’s potential rendezvous with bloodshed brought about the initiation of Brady’s law as a safeguard to prevent another incident of this kind from besieging our country.

To help apply restrictions, the Gun Control Act of 1968, which was the first gun law, was passed in the wake of the assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Senator Robert F. Kennedy earlier that year (“Restricting” par. 4). The 1968 Gun Control Act established categories of prohibited gun purchasers and possessors, including convicted felons, fugitives from justice, minors, individuals with a history of

On March 24, 1998, firing from the woods overlooking their school, 13-year-old Andrew Golden and 11-year-old Mitchell Johnson shot and killed four middle school students and a teacher and injured ten other students in Jonesboro, Arkansas. The two boys had a semiautomatic M-1 carbine with a large ammunition magazine, two other rifles, seven handguns and more than 500 rounds of ammunition which they took from the home of one of the boy?s grandfather, who had a large arsenal of weapons left unsecured. Officers arrested the two boys as they ran through the wooded area near the school, and they were convicted on five counts of capital murder and ten counts of first-degree battery in September 1998.

The Brady Handgun Violence Protection Act, in short: The Brady Act, was United States legislation that was passed by Congress in 1993. The Brady Act required a five-day waiting period and criminal background check, performed by state and local law enforcement, for the purchase of a handgun. The Brady Act was instituted to curtail handgun violence and decrease the probability of a handgun ending up in a criminal’s hands. The legislation was heavily pushed by Senator James Brady and his wife, Sarah Brady, after Sen. Brady was seriously injured by a gunshot wound during the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan in 1981.

Stimulated from recent assassinations of significant figures, such as President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr, and urban riots beginning in 1964, the Gun Control Act of 1968 renewed the fight for gun control in the United States. Prohibiting convicted felons, raising age to purchase handguns to 21 are just two of the many actions the Gun Control Act of 1968 put into effect. The law renewed the fight for gun control, and was welcomed with acceptance and disapproval when announced to the United States citizens. Though with President Lyndon B. Johnson issuing such a law he planned to create a more safe and prepared environment for firearms exist, and prevent reckless behavior with firearms inside the United States borders.

In December 14, 2012 a devastating shooting out broke in Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. This event awakened lawmakers, which started working hard in the direction of more security. In 1971 congress passed the second amendment which stated that “a well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” In the year 2016 this statement is generally, very debatable. One side of the party altercates that owning guns is a right that everyone should have because it is the same as the same as the plain right as self defense. The other party says that back when the second amendment was written the plan was of making a standing army. But now that the U.S. has a strong army and police force the amendment is obsolete. In 1968 the Gun Control Act was passed. This act let federal, state, and local law enforcement raise authority in controlling gun control in attempt to reduce crime. The act also said that it is illegal to market or supply firearms or ammunition to “any individual who the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe is less than eighteen years of age”. In 1993 another act that was passed was the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act which required the purchaser of a firearm to complete a background check. Section 922 in the U.S. Code restricts categories of people from freighting, accepting, or owning firearms or ammunition. In 1994

In 1968, the “Gun Control Act” was passed for a specific purpose which was “keeping firearms out of the hands of those not legally entitled to possess them because of age, criminal background, or incompetence.” The Act was made particularly to control imported guns, expand some requirements on the gun-dealer licensing and record keeping, and to place specific limits on sale of handguns. In 1977 the District of Columbia passed an anti-handgun law which required that all rifles and shotguns within its district should be registered. Just like these, there are many more laws that have been passed through the years, so that the government can have more “control” over the people buying guns, and using them. The most recent case filed was in June

However, the right is not unlimited. The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld some firearms restrictions, such as bans on concealed weapons and on the possession of certain types of weapons, as well as prohibitions against the sale of guns to certain categories of people. The Gun Control Act of 1968 prohibits persons under eighteen years of age, convicted criminals, the mentally disabled, dishonorably discharged military personnel, and others from purchasing firearms. In 1993, the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act mandated background checks for all unlicensed persons purchasing a firearm from a federally authorized dealer.

On February 28, 1994, the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act effective - an Act to require a background check of the firearms dealers before they could purchase. This Act was named after James Brady when he had been shot during an attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan, he became disabled from this gunshot wound and had caused his death in 33 years later. The purpose of this Act is to prevent dangerous people from buying a gun. Today, the United States is the leader in most guns per-capita (“for each person”) of the all countries, which could be considered an unsafe situation. Loosen gun laws can cause a variety of issues, one of the biggest issues is directly correlated with crime and murder. Moreover, it can still cause

It took the assassination of a President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. to force the issue of gun control in this country (William J. Vizzard “The current and future state of gun policy in the United States”). The gun control act of 1968 was to prevent transfers of guns across state lines to anyone that wanted a gun (Earl Kruschke, Gun Control: A reference handbook page 175). This act is what put more emphasis on having licensed individuals or brick and mortar stores to sell guns to people in the state or transfer guns across state lines. The GCA also put rules on who could and couldn’t buy guns, “Gun Control Act took effect expanding the requirements for licenses and recordkeeping and adding to the list of those, such as convicted felons and drug users, who couldn't legally buy guns.”(Frederick Allen, Guns & America). This part of the Gun Control Act of 1968 is still in effect

The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, which went into effect in 1994, made background checks a requirement for gun purchases from licensed dealers. The law was named after James Brady, who was shot during an attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan in 1981. The Brady Bill, however, is not thorough enough. Known as the "gun show loophole," most states “do not require background checks for firearms purchased at gun shows from private individuals -- federal law only requires licensed dealers to conduct checks.” (Governing). Gun dealers should also be licensed and penalties and fines should be enacted as additional safety measures. There are “an estimated 300 million guns in America owned by a third of the population, far more per capita than any other modern nation.” (LaFeminista).