Gun control is defined by Franklin E. Zimring as the strengthening of laws, rules and regulations on the ownership and purchase of of firearms in an effort to fight violent crimes (440). Due to the regularity of mass shootings in America, gun control laws and regulations should be created and maintained to provide a safe community for all people and citizens living in the United States.
There are approximately 20,000 gun control laws that are either under enforced or selectively enforced that have been enacted since the early 1900s. Some of these laws are the Brady Bill, the 1994 ban, the 1968 gun control act, and the second amendment, notorious for causing the most confusion about whether or not gun control laws are actually legal. The
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However, this act does not regulate the transfer of firearms between people and foreign gun manufacturers could still legally sell their gun parts to the U.S. to be assembled there until foreign gun parts were banned in 1986. Gun dealerships also are not required to check the form gun buyers sign saying that they are legally eligible to buy a gun. The law bans people who were discharged from the military, who have given up their U.S. citizenship, fugitives, minors, and high risk people from purchasing firearms. High risk people are classified as: alcoholics, the mentally ill, people with serious criminal records and drug addicts, from buying guns. This act also created a penalty for criminals caught using a gun during a federal crime. The Brady Bill was was passed by congress in 1993 and required a waiting period of 5 business days for people purchasing guns, from the date of purchase to the time they receive it, with mandatory background checks in 1998. The 1994 ban banned the sale and manufacture of semi-automatic firearms, firearms that fire one bullet per pulling of the trigger, but only lasted 10 years before expiring in 2004 and not being reauthorized by congress. Today, even