Gun Control Policy Analysis

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United States Approach
For almost a century firearm policy in the United States has been in the spotlight. If legislators would take a good look at the different countries and their gun laws, it would be beneficial for the people of the United States. Vizzard was looking at the federal legislation enacted in 1968 as it appeared to shift away from the lassiez-faire approach to policy on firearms (2015). When looking at the gun control laws in the past twenty years it shows nothing has essentially changed at the national level (Vizzard,2015). There is some history that should be put into account Vizzard looks at, “after the 1993 passage of both the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention and federal assault weapon restrictions, the 1994 Republican congressional victories marked the end of any momentum for additional federal legislation” …show more content…

Also in 1993, the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act mandated background checks for all unlicensed persons purchasing a firearm for a federally authorized dealer (Master, 2017). Since that has happened, the federal assault weapon legislation, which it appears to have little impact (Vizzard,2015). In 1934, the National Firearms Act (NFA) was passed then the Federal Firearms Act (FFA) came into effect in 1938 (Vizzard,2015). After a while, both public and legislative attention turned away for the issue of firearm regulation. One thing that the writer found interesting is that it took a president to get assassinated for rekindling the interest. The Gun Control Act of 1968 (Masters), prohibits persons under the age of eighteen, convicted criminals, mentally disabled, dishonorably discharged military personnel and others from

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