be effected as dramatically as they predict.The old saying that "guns don't kill people, people kill people" is absolutely true. A gun can't choose who it want's to kill, without a person thinking of committing a criminal act the gun will not kill anyone. This is the reason for stricter laws against people who have already committed a criminal act should be in forced more then the laws for gun control, which punishes the innocent American citizen.Karl Simmons writes, The topic of gun control, "the ideal gun control program is one that does not pose serious barriers to possession of guns for legitimate purpose, but does effectively inhibit the use of hand guns in crime by a method which has low coast to the criminal justice system and to society as large. (Simmons 17) This was said in a governmental meeting on gun control, and it sounds like the government is trying to take the cheapest way out. By taking our constitutional right to bare arms from us may just be the government trying to save money. The Brady law, which was passed in February 1994, is a good step towards keeping guns out of the wrong hands. The law was named after Jim Brady who was shot and crippled during an assassination attempt on Present Ronald Reagan in 1981. This law requires a background check on any person purchasing a handgun, which allow merchants to deny sales to convicted felons, drug and alcohol addicts, non-U.S. residents, and people who are mentally incompetent. The Brady law requires a five-day waiting period for the customer. The "cooling off" period gives the gun buyer a chance to think about why they are purchasing the gun, and quit possibly could prevent them from doing something rash. (Bakal 172) This law is a great idea to limit the gun distribution to the convicted criminals who should not be allowed to own a gun in the first place, but stills allows the average citizen to purchase a gun. A law such as this is what the government should ...
