In general, the nation’s gun manufacturers enjoy close to a carte blanche to manufacture any product they wish. As long as the firearm is not fully automatic and uses ammunition that is 50 caliber or less, there are virtually no…
In general, the nation’s gun manufacturers enjoy close to a carte blanche to manufacture any product they wish. As long as the firearm is not fully automatic and uses ammunition that is 50 caliber or less, there are virtually no…
While the public-health community has begun to apply the research and prevention approaches it has used successfully to fight other epidemics, the traditional voices in the gun control debate–like two weary armies in an endless war of attrition–continue to attack…
There is a gun crisis in the United States. Between 1933 and 1982, nearly one million Americans were killed by firearms in murders, suicides and accidents. Since 1960 alone, more than half a million have died as the result of…
This proposal would create a “Voluntary Appeals File” that would allow potential firearm purchasers experiencing erroneous delays or denials to submit information to the FBI such as “name, date of birth, social security number, any other identifying numbers and any…
The rule issued by the Clinton Administration on January 22, 2001, would have allowed the FBI to share information from the audit log with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) to aid in inspections of federally-licensed firearms dealers…
The proposed rule would mandate the destruction of all information in the National Instant Criminal Background Check (NICS) Audit Log related to allowed transfers “prior to the beginning of the next NICS business day following the date on which an…
Lautenberg (S. 254, 106th Congress) and Reed bill (S. 767, 107thCongress) Proposed McCain-Lieberman compromise Does compromise weaken current law? Why it makes a difference Defines “gun show” as an event where 50 or more guns are offered for sale.…
June 12, 2001 Dear Senator: The undersigned organizations oppose the Gun Show Loophole Closing and Gun Law Enforcement Act of 2001 (S. 890), sponsored by Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Joe Lieberman (D-CT) because it would open more loopholes than…
Introduction During the first year of the Clinton Administration, 39,595 American lives ended in gunfire. By 1998, the latest year for which statistics are available, that number was reduced by nearly a quarter to 30,708. Much of this progress is…
In the early 1980s handgun sales in the United States—as measured by production— slumped dramatically. The firearms industry soon realized that the drop stemmed from saturation of the primary market of white males. Manufacturers then did what any industry does…