Essays Tagged: "National Instant Criminal Background Check System"

Brief History of the NRA.

The National Rifle Association in its simplest form is the largest gun club in the world. The organizati ... ady Act. The act requires that within 60 months of enactment, the Attorney General must establish a national instant criminal background check system that allows federal firearms licensees to have acc ... less willing to reside turf disputes violently. Neither attributed the decline to the Brady Bill.6A National Association of Chiefs of Police Poll was released in May of this year that stated 85% of th ...

(7 pages) 162 1 3.1 Jan/1997

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

The Gun Violence Prevention Act of 1994: The Brady Law.

aw, also known as the Gun Violence Prevention Act of 1994, was set up to try and establish a set of national standards to promote the safe use of firearms and to reduce gun violence (GVPA, 1994). Incl ... background check on the buyer. The Brady Law requires that the Attorney General set up a permanent national instant criminal background check system so that a dealer can find out if the person is eli ...

(3 pages) 57 0 0.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

US Policiy Paper about GUN CONTROL. This is a "Definition of an Argument" paper which looks at two sides of an argument. has complete works cited page. FULL MLA FORMAT. got an A- on it.

th as protection from Indian incursions as well as tools for hunting. It wasn't until 1934 with the National Firearms Act, passed by Franklin D. Roosevelt, which "prohibited the sale and manufacture o ... fore a licensed dealer could sell a handgun to a licensed customer. Also, there was the new FBI run National Instant Criminal Background Check System. This system was in place on Nov. 30, 1998 and app ...

(12 pages) 260 0 4.6 Mar/2005

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government

the right to bare arms

entally incompetent. The background check that is run to detect this information is called an NICS, National Instant Criminal Background Check System. In 2012 sixteen million four hundred fifty-four t ...

(3 pages) 0 0 0.0 May/2013

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Gun Control in America: The Problem Lies in Enforcement

are effective, but only when properly enforced. Let's start with the background checks; while NICS, National Instant Criminal Background Check System, works, rarely anyone is prosecuted and convicted ...

(6 pages) 4 0 0.0 Nov/2014

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law