Gun control : background checks and assault weapons / edited by Linda M. Sanders
Material type: TextSeries: Government Procedures and Operations SeriesPublisher: New York : Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, 2023Description: 1 online resource (304 pages)Content type:- text
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- 9798891130531
- 363.330973 23/eng/20240417
- HV7436
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- Gun Control: National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) Operations and Related Legislation0F( -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Federal Firearms Statutes -- Firearms and Ammunition Ineligibility -- Firearms Commerce as a Business -- Private Party Transfers -- ATF Form 4473, Firearms Transaction Record -- 1993 Brady Act and Background Checks -- NICS Process under Federal Law -- NICS Responses -- NICS-Queried Computer Systems and Files -- NICS Participation: POCs and Non-POCs -- NICS Transactions, November 30, 1998, through 2018
FBI NICS Section Brady Denials Appealed and Overturned -- NICS Denials and Firearm Retrieval Actions -- NICS Section Budget -- Improving NICS Access to Prohibiting Records -- 116th Congress and NICS Operations-Related Legislation -- The Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 (H.R. 8) -- Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019 (H.R. 1112) -- Violence against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019 (H.R. 1585) -- Qualifying Domestic Violence Protection Order (DVPO) -- Qualifying Misdemeanor Conviction of Domestic Violence (MCDV) -- "Intimate Partner" Definition -- "Misdemeanor Crime of Stalking"
"Protection Orders" or "Court-Order Restraints" -- Appendix A. FBI and POC Firearms-Related Background Checks Pursuant to the Brady Act -- FBI NICS Section Checks and Denials, November 30, 1998, through 2018 -- State and Local POC Background Checks and Denials, November 30, 1998, through 2015 -- Appendix B. NICS-Queried Computer Systems and Files -- Interstate Identification Index (III) -- National Crime Information Center (NCIC) -- NICS Indices -- Appendix C. ATF-Certified Permanent Brady Permits -- Appendix D. ATF-Certified State Relief from Disabilities Statutes -- Chapter 2
Protecting America from Assault Weapons151F* -- Statement of Chair Jerrold Nadler -- Testimony of Honorable Nan Whaley -- Statement of Nan Whaley -- Testimony of Alejandro Rios-Tovar, M.D. -- Statement of Alejandro Rios Tovar, MD -- Testimony of Rashall Brackney -- Statement Rashall Brackney. National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) -- Testimony of Kristen Rand -- Statement of Kristen Rand, Legislative Director, Violence Policy Center -- What Is a Semiautomatic Assault Weapon? -- The Gun Industry Began Aggressively Marketing Assault Weapons to Civilians in the 1980s
The Rise in Public Mass Shootings Coincides with the Increasing Availability of Assault Weapons and High-Capacity Ammunition Magazines -- Assault Weapons Are Not Just Used in Mass Shootings -- Assault Weapons Pose a Significant Risk to Law Enforcement -- Assault Weapons Are the Clear "Weapons of Choice" of Cross-Border Gun Traffickers Supplying Criminal Organizations in Mexico and Other Latin American Countries -- Assault Weapons Are Used in Street Crime -- Implications for Policy -- Testimony of Amy Swearer -- Statement of Amy Swearer
The Characteristics of "Assault Weapons" Make Them Safer for Lawful Use, Not More Dangerous
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