America Needs Background Checks for Gun Purchases

After the tragedy of the tragedy, people realized that suffering from mourning by losing their lives. They looked back and forth many times to see how to stop it. People continue to discuss what actions should be taken and at the same time more people are killed by gun violence. The shooting incident at Columbia High School and Virginia Tech Institute shows this. What happens if another devastating blow occurs again?

In the NYTimes column of February 12, 2018, John Lott commentator supporting guns condemned the gun with the purchase of a background inspection system and accused the system "millions" of lawyers, law-abiding citizens I will buy gun protection. Lot has sold this lie for years. In the article of 2017, he states as follows. People have similar names. More than 99% of the negation is wrong! "

In 2015, gun sales recorded a record high. The government conducted an identity survey of 23.1 million people on the purchase of guns and licenses of guns, increased by 10% compared to 2014, the largest since the launch of the 1998 identity survey system. The month before President Obama promised to impose gun control by the president's orders - Wall Street is satisfied with the December news that this is the best gun selling month ever. Mike Zelda, CEO of San Diego based gun company Team Big Shot, told me he sold more guns than the past two guns. Cerda said other companies are completely out of stock. "You and I can not even hear each other's voice, which is crowded," Randy, 57 years old explained with a gun clip on his desk.

One idea proposed by the new gun control law is a mandatory "universal" background check required for the sale of all guns. The National Instant Crime Background Investigation System (NICS) is a database to confirm that guns are not permitted by felonists and psychiatric patients when purchasing guns. In theory, the requirement to check the purchase of each gun will limit the gun to the wrong person. During the Obama administration, Congress failed to provide necessary funds to NICS. Congress passed the NICS Improvement Amendment Act in 2007, but many states have made little progress in reporting felony and mental illness data to NICS. This is mainly because Congress does not provide enough funds to NICS or provide correct incentives to the state. In 2009, 2010 and 2011, Congress actually occupied only 5.3% of the approved total.