s well as community funded gun education courses would increase gun awareness and safety. These programs could even be extended to public schools. Many guns are involved in accidents that could easily have been prevented by a little care or forethought. Also gun purchasers could be required to take lessons in gun safety, at the purchaser's expense. Again, the NRA has long been a proponent of gun education. Gun control is severely weakened by the few loopholes that exist in the system. These loopholes make it possible for minors and felons to obtain outlawed and high-powered weapons. They also serve to weaken the strength of the Brady- Bill and Gun registration. Adults are prohibited from transferring firearms to juveniles, but are not required to store guns in securely locked cabinets. This allows kids to get access to them. This Child Access Prevention (CAP) proposal would require parents to keep loaded firearms out of the reach of children and would hold gun owners criminally responsible if a child gains access to an unsecured firearm and uses it to injure himself or herself or someone else. The NRA opposes CAP. Private collectors can sell guns without background checks at gun shows and flea markets thereby bypassing the Brady law that requires that federally licensed gun dealers to initiate and complete a background check before they sell a firearm. No gun should be sold at a gun show without a background check and appropriate documentation. Similar to the Gun Show Loophole, many sales on the Internet are performed without a background check, allowing criminals and other prohibited purchasers to acquire firearms. No one should be able to sell guns over the Internet without complying with the Brady background check requirements. Although juveniles 18 and younger are prohibited by Federal law from purchasing handguns, neither the Federal government nor most states restrict the purchase and ownership of long guns. While this loophole al...
