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Gun Control

Gun Control, a term that refers to the management of firearms in an effort to reduce the criminal use of these weapons. (MICROSOFT (R) ENCARTA 1995) In the early 1990s there were more than 200 million privately owned guns in the United States, which makes it plain to see why there are arguments for and against even the smallest amount of gun control. The Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, guarantees, “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed.”

In the 1930s a law passed by the federal government that required people wishing to own or possess a fully automatic or sawed-off barrel firearm to pay a $200 registration fee. This law was amended in 1986 to ban the manufacture of fully automatic firearms. (MICROSOFT (R) ENCARTA 1995) Some of the U.S. cities, such as Washington D.C., Chicago, and New York City, place restrictions on handgun ownership. A few cities across the U.S. have banned handguns entirely. A federal law restricts handgun ammunition capable of piercing body armor, and also requires that guns with plastic parts to contain enough metal in the gun to be detectable amount of metal. Law enforcement groups are among the most influential supports for a stricter g

After homocides peaked in 1974, they declined until the 1980s. In April 1982, a law prohibiting possesion of handguns not previously registered with the Chicago police department took effect. The total annual handgun homocide murders fluctuated for several years, then sharply rose: