The Brady Bill was implemented on February 28, 1994. This law established a national 5 business day waiting period on handgun purchases through licensed dealers. It also required local authorities to conduct background checks on handgun purchasers. As of December of 1998, an amendment to the Brady Bill replaced the five business day waiting period with a national "instant" felon ID system. Dealers are required to conduct this background check on all gun purchases, not just handgun purchases. It is estimated that over forty percent of gun acquisitions occur in the secondary market.1 That means these gun purchases happen without a Brady background check at a federally licensed gun dealer. If our government were to enact more gun control laws, does this mean we will reduce that forty percent of Illegal gun purchasers? No, that number will not be reduced because these laws do not affect illegal gun purchasers. The people these laws affect are law abiding citizens.
California has some of the strictest gun control laws in the U.S. With my father being a federally licensed dealer, I have had firsthand experience with California’s gun control laws. More posts to come with an in-depth look at California’s gun control laws.
1 http://www.bradycampaign.org/pdf/faq/background-checks.pdf
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