Keywords
gun running, gun control, federal gun regulations, interstate commerce, firearms, firearm database, firearm transaction, firearms black-market, firearms regulation
Abstract
Gun violence is a serious issue in our society. However, finding common ground between those who favor, and those who oppose, gun control can be a difficult task. Mayor David Dinkins and the Police Department propose a four prong solution that would pave a middle ground acceptable to most individuals. (1) put teeth into the existing federal regulations concerning those proscribed from purchasing a gun, (2) limit interstate shipment of firearms only to those federal firearms dealers who show that they have complied with any existing local firearms dealer requirements; (3) provide tracing capabilities for interstate shipments of weapons; and (4) create an accessible database of all firearms transactions.
Recommended Citation
Jeremy Travis and William Smarrito,
A Modest Proposal To End Gun Running In America,
19 Fordham Urb. L.J. 795
(1992).
Available at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/ulj/vol19/iss3/16