Op-Ed: Improving Firearm Background Checks
President and founder of Safe School Technologies presents a series on gun laws and what citizens can do.
Editor's Note: The following article was submitted by Robert V. Tessaro, who recently moved back to New Jersey after spending five years in Washington, D.C., where he worked for the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence. Background checks are one of the most effective ways to prevent potentially dangerous people from having access to firearms, but the current system has gaping flaws that need to be addressed. There are ways to strengthen background checks that will not impede any lawful citizen from having access to firearms that should be implemented as soon as possible. Who can own a gun? Current Federal laws prohibit the following people from owning a firearm: In addition, There are some glaring shortcomings in the law. In the state of …
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9:18 am on Thursday, January 17, 2013
The reason I asked these questions is simple. I find either the sincerity or the competence of people like Mr.Tessaro to be questionable. The 18-21 year old question made me think of our troops. If we believe that the reason to restrict them is the old "they're not mature enough to handle them" line then what about our troops? As for the other two, we keep hearing the same one note song from … more ›