tries combined have only a quarter of the amount of shootings that the United States acquire on a yearly basis (The Metro Times). There is said to be only one other country that has more shootings on a yearly basis other than the United States and that is Cuba (The Metro Times). 4Loopholes in our national restrictions on gun purchases and ownership account for the high numbers of guns falling into the wrong hands and contribute to many gun violence tragedies (rj.org). Felons buying or selling firearms were involved in more than 46% of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) investigations involving gun shows (csgv.org). Another case of the loopholes stated is that the weapons in question had been involved in assaults, robberies, burglaries, homicides, and other crimes, according to The Jewish Religious Actions Committee. Congresss failure to act on the issue of gun control is unacceptable. Major gun control legislation has not passed since 1994 when the Brady Act mandated a five-day waiting period on most handgun purchases and, despite the recent series of horrific shootings, Congress refused to act. Meanwhile we are still without new gun control measures. Gun control advocates have proposed a number of measures that would help restrict easy access to guns.The gun show loophole allows individuals (as opposed to federally licensed dealers) to sell guns from their private collections at gun shows without background checks for purchases. A loophole in the 1994 Assault Weapon Ban, which banned domestic production of high capacity clips, allows the importation of high-capacity magazines made before the date of 5enactment (rj.org). Foreign companies have exploited the loophole by dumping large clips they claim are pre-ban (csgv.org). In 1992, lawmakers in over thirty states have enacted permissive concealed-carry gun laws, which make it legal for citizens to carry concealed handguns (csgv.org). Proponents of these laws as...
