I looked at a report put up by Legal Community Against Violence which advocates for gun control. This report is 2005 California Report: Recent Developments in Federal, State and Local Gun Laws February it gives some statistics on gun related violence injuries and deaths. It also goes into how the Brady Act, which is the most recent gun control act which establishing a limited system of background checks for gun purchasers and the federal assault weapon ban. There is a major loophole also in this Brady Act in that only the requires federally licensed dealers to do background checks on the buyer, but the loophole is that private sellers do not have to do background checks when they sell guns to buyers. All though I am an avid hunter I think that this loophole needs to be fixed. Here is the link so you can check out some of the statistics in the article http://www.lcav.org/library/reports_analyses/2005_California_Report.pdf.
5 comments:
In reading a bit on the link you provided, I was shown some pretty alarming statistics, a few that i was completely unaware of - like the ones describing current gun control laws. The flaw in the system that you point out that needs to be fixed is a very good point and i agree with you on that one. This needs to happen!
Although I am not a member, I am an avid supporter of the NRA. Truthfully, I am not a big believer in the Brady Law. Why, because criminals don't follow the rules thats why there criminals. This loophole that you speak of is very real. Maybe the Democrats in Washington need to find ways to enforce the laws we have now instead of making up new ones left and right. Happy blogging.
Gun control needs to be a big issue in this country. I am a huge fan of background checks on everybody--whether the private sellers like them or not. We need to have some checks in the system to try and keep America safe. I am not against guns--like Tony the Tiger says, theeeeeyyyyy'rrreee greeeaaat--if you use them properly... Hunting : yes, hunting people: no.
Nice blogging TB....from TB
I agree that the loophole needs to be fixed; however, like AJ pointed out it doesn't matter how people get a gun, if they want one to commit a crime it wouldn't be too hard to do it. I believe we have a right to own and use guns in this country and taking them from honest, hard-working people that use them for recreation and protection are only leaving them more vulnerable than before. I did a report one time over this topic and there were cases in countries that had banned all guns of people getting mugged and the mugger having a pistol. Banning guns seemed to empower those who broke the law in these countries because there were less people that could randomly stop them while they commit their crime...
This topic is full of debate and will be a good blog to write on.
I love the picture!
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