My good friend Jon over at The VanOeveren Standard has made mention of wanting to do a series on posts on firearms in America. First, I think it’s an interesting idea to look at for a public policy stand point. Second, I think there is very little that is left to be said on it. Third, 95% of articles I have read that are written by "non-gun" people are littered with either ignorance of the current laws, hyperbolic language or inaccurate terminology.
So, my suggested reading to anyone interested in the current state of the US Firearms laws is as follows:
1934 National Firearms Act
1968 Gun Control Act
1994 Assault Weapons Ban
Some ATF Opinions
2005 Federal Firearm Regulation Reference Guide
Note: I only supply wiki links as they are a good clearing house of information. Go to the actual laws linked for varification.
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6 comments:
What I am wondering ..... Did the VanOeveren Standard light the fire for you to do a blog or has it been brewing for some time?
Yes I am procrastinating my studies right at this moment.
Yes I will review your links after Thursday.
Happy Blog "Birth" Day I look forward to reading what you have to say.
I actually had a blog before at my friends site "Bigdamnheros.net". I guess I just decieded to get back on the saddle.
So I obviously missed the "birth" day as it was April 29th, 2007.
Does this mean the blog has been brewing?
Welcome Back at any rate.
I hope not to focus as much on laws or opinions, but to take a good statistical look at fire arms and the implications those statistics have for society. I will do my best to be unbiased in my research.
The Economist had three good articles on guns in America after the VT attack. You should check them out.
Laws can be changed to meet needs of society.
And good luck with the new blog.
I really don't care what the statistics say. I mean, it's good to look at them and all, but I'm philosophically opposed to gun control. I'm sure that if I could statistically prove to you that all abortions were wrong, you wouldn't change your mind. That's fine. Right is right whether the stats back it up or not.
That said I'm not entirely convinced that The Economist knows anything about guns, aside from the stats. However, they might have fine data.
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