Summary Of Gun Control That Really Works By Alan Berlow

With all the recent gun related crimes and tragedies’ that has happened recently, there are strong calls for government to act for stricter gun control laws. Mr. Alan Berlow wrote an Op-ed essay that was published in the New York Times titled “Gun Control That Actually Works”. Berlow makes the argument that there are control measures in place that works for gun control. In 1934 a measure was enacted into law to control the procurement of weapons which is known as the NFA (National Firearms Act). The NFA outlines the standard for procurement of military grade firearms and any weapon, attachment, or modification that will allow a single person to inflict a large amount of fatalities with in a single attack. The NFA also established the guidelines to create a database for over four million weapons inventoried and tracked.
Mr. Berlow makes a strong argument that gun control works, his argument is mostly based on the NFA. Almost all criminal incidents that involved weapons were investigated and found not to be weapons currently inventoried by the NFA. Berlow wins his argument by providing factual data showing positive gun control via the NFA; he accidentally proves the inability to properly control firearms at the same time. The NFA has the power to properly control firearms to those who

In an article written by Robert Farrago, titled “ATF’s Justification for Amending Rules for NFA Items Revealed” Robert writes, “A review of trace data and criminal records from 2006 to 2014 disclosed twelve incidents in which owners of NFA firearms were convicted of crimes; however, there is no evidence that these crimes were committed with NFA firearms” (Farrago). It is safe to say that when people are required to register their weapons they tend to be more responsible when dealing with weapons and abide by the