the Brady Law was very effective in reducing gun crimes. In all actuality, the Brady Law background check kept handguns out of the possession of 312,000 prohibited purchasers, including 113 felons a day. (http://www.bradycampaign.org/) This proves that the Brady Law is making America a safer place. The number of robberies committed with a firearm since 1994 has fallen by 27.8% (618,949 to 446,625). A similar trend can be seen for murders. The number of murders committed with a firearm since 1994 has dropped 29% (15,463 to 10,977). (http://www.bradycampaign.org/) Clearly this is forward progress due to the Brady Law. Many people feel that the Brady law has to many flaws and is not properly doing its job. People had higher expectations of it. To prove these people right, a team of congressional special agents was able to bypass Brady Act background checks and purchase firearms using fake forms of identification. The officials were able to do this in all five states that they tried to purchase firearms illegally. Here, agents purchased firearms from various licensed gun dealers in the states of Virginia, West Virginia, Montana, New Mexico, and Arizona randomly, from October of 2000 through February of 2002. These five states were subject to this operation because they only hold up to the minimal Brady law requirements. Many people believe that this is not enough and feel that more and more criminals are getting their hands on firearms do to these states and their weak and minimal enforcement of the Brady Act. They almost completely rely on the instant background check. They do not have waiting periods nor do they finger print any of their gun purchasers, where other states do. It was said that all the places that the congressional special agents went to were chosen at random. In no way were these officials just going to the gun or pawn shops that they might have had previous leads on. From this operation, it was concluded...
