The+Debate

= __Pro's & Con's of Gun Control__ = =
 * 1) ===__Pros__===
 * ======Lower Availability means lower suicide & murder rates======
 * ======Being able to control school shootings and other things of that nature would be easier======
 * ======There would be a decline in fear shootings, A man once saw a shadowed figure enter his room, and got out his handgun and shot and killed his wife, who had been going to the bathroom.======
 * ======Everyone should have their guns registered with serial numbers therfore it would be easier to keep track of them and what happens in someone else's possession======

=2. **__Cons__**=
 * ==E.J.Dionne quotes, "Our country is a laughingstock on the rest of the planet because of our devotion to unlimited gun rights."; 2007==
 * ==In many states, majority of citizens contend that restrictive gun ownership/use laws restrict safe hunting and shooting, which to them are important cultural traditions and popular recreational pursuits.==
 * ==Hunters this affects majorly because they feel rights are being taken away from them.==
 * ==**[|"Gun control only increases violence"]**==

=__**Firearm acts dated**__=
 * ====1934 - **National Firearms Act** imposed a tax on the sale of machine guns and short-barrel firearms, in reaction public rage over gangster activity.====
 * ====1938 - **Federal Firearms Act** required licensing of gun dealers.====
 * ====1968 - **Gun Control Act** expanded licensing and record-keeping; banned felons and the mentally ill from buying guns; banned the mail order sale of guns.====
 * ====1972 - The **Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms** was created to oversee federal regulation of guns.====
 * ====1986 - **Firearms Owners Protection Act** eased some gun sale restrictions, reflecting the growing influence of the NRA under President Reagan.====
 * ====1993 - **Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act** requires gun dealers to run background checks on purchasers. Establishes national database of prohibited gun owners.====
 * ====1994 - **Violent Crime Control Act** banned the sale of new assault weapons for ten years. The Act was sponsored by Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY). the Republican-led Congress allowed the law expire in 2004.====
 * ====2003 - **Tiahrt Amendment** protects gun dealers and manufacturers from certain lawsuits.====
 * ====2007 - via the **National Instant Criminal Background Check System**, Congress closes loopholes in the national database after the mass shooting at Virginia Tech University.====