Some citizens think that just any criminal could walk into their closest sporting goods store and buy a firearm. This however is incorrect. On federal and state levels, there is restrictions on the selling of firearms. Citizens must go through a routine background check to purchase a rifles and shotguns . A handgun is more difficult to purchase. The sale of a handgun requires the buyer to have a …show more content…
Many questions and false statements and debacles are exposed to this fragile topic. Many studies have been done to help find an accurate solution. Examples would include studies done in Washington D.C, Connecticut, and Missouri. Washington D.C has some of the most strictest gun laws in the United States. “In 1976, the Washington, D.C. City Council passed a law generally prohibiting residents from possessing handguns and requiring that all firearms in private homes be (1) kept unloaded and (2) rendered temporally inoperable via disassembly or installation of a trigger lock” (“Uniform”). Connecticut required people to get a permit to purchase and mandated background checks. Astonishingly, the gun related homicides dropped 40 percent. In contrast, when Missouri eliminated the same requirements as Connecticut, the gun homicide rate increased by 25 percent (“Gun”). These studies entail that the gun related homicides mainly depend on the crime activity varying state to