Gun Laws in the United States

It is too easy to use a gun in the United States (the United States), and you need to strengthen the law to manage access. Currently, US gun law is very loose, leading to excessive violence and death related to guns. Guns are one of the main causes of violence in the United States and it is very easy to get a gun (legal and illegal). Currently, about 211 million guns and 70 million guns are circulating. (1) Today there are at least one gun in 50% of households in the United States.

In the US gun law, the sale, ownership and use of firearms and ammunition are stipulated. The state law (and Washington DC, the laws of the US territory) varies and has nothing to do with the existing federal gun law, but its scope may be wider or more restrictive than federal law. The format, content, and scope of state law varies. In the state constitution of 44 states similar to Article 2 of the amendment to the United States Constitution, there is a provision that protects the right to own and carry weapons. Exceptions are California, Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, and New York. However, in New York, the Legal Civil Rights Act contains almost the same terms as the second amendment.

The US gun law is regulated by many state and federal regulations. These laws regulate the manufacture, trading, ownership, assignment, records management, transportation and destruction of firearms, ammunition and firearm accessories. They are carried out by state agencies and federal alcohol stations, tobacco, firearms and explosives (ATF). In addition to federal and state gun laws, some municipalities have their own laws to manage firearms. The right to hold and carry weapons is protected by the second revision of the US Constitution. However, since almost all school shooting was done with pistols and shotguns, mass shooting in the US caused an unresolved debate on US gun control law.

The US gun law differs from state to state, but federal law regulates the sale, possession and use of firearms and ammunition. However, in some cases, the gun law of the country is significantly less restrictive than the federal firearm law, which shows conflicting gun laws by state. Recent school shooting shocks nationwide, the lessons the public has learned call for better management of firearms. Many measures have been taken to prevent such large-scale shooting cases, but the effectiveness of these proposed specific gun control measures is negligible. It is impossible to stop shooting an incident or reduce the number of deaths. According to Kleck (2009), these measures include "restrict gun performance, prohibit gun fixation, and prohibit children's admission law against aggressive weapons" (p.1447) .