Abstract

In this research we try to discover the insight of “Guns Law” in a holistic perspective. The key heart of the study is on “Guns Law” and its relation with “Courts, Law and Justice”. The research also examines various characteristics of “Guns Law” and tries to measure its effect. Lastly the research illustrates a variety of factors which are responsible for “Guns Law” and tries to describe the overall effect of it.

Table of Contents

Introduction3

History of gun control and gun rights3

Foreign Examples of Gun Control4

Types of Gun Control Laws5

Keeping Guns out of the Hands of Criminals5

Waiting Periods6

Safe Storage and Distance7

Major Federal Gun Control Initiatives7

Gun Rights Legislation: Conceal and Carry8

Gun Laws: The Empirical Evidence10

Conclusion10

Guns Law

Introduction

Gun control laws seek to limit the extent to which citizens can keep and own firearms, and often place limits on who can own firearms. For example, gun control laws frequently require that a background check be performed, and those with criminal or mental health records be denied access to guns. In addition, certain types of guns are prohibited. Fully automatic machine guns and other types of guns that are deemed to be especially lethal are often illegal to own under any circumstances.

Proponents of these laws argue that gun control laws are necessary to reduce gun-related crime and protect the police and the public from the dangers inherent in the proliferation of guns. Opponents argue that gun control laws impermissibly infringe upon citizens' rights; endanger the existence of democracy by disabling civilian defense capabilities; prevent honest citizens from defending themselves, their families, and their property; and unreasonably restrict gun-related recreational activities like target shooting and hunting.

History of gun control and gun rights

The battle between government regulation of gun ownership to promote order, public safety, and the consolidation of power, versus the right of the people to keep weapons for purposes of recreation, self-preservation, and as a final bulwark against tyranny has a long and checkered past in Amery  can legal history. Although the English crown had previously taken action to limit weapon ownership, the first major attempt to prevent the majority of Englishmen from owning weapons came from an act of the English Parliament in 1671. The Game Act of 1671 imposed such a high property qualification on the right to hunt that it effectively limited hunting to the aristocracy (Wilson, Pp 432).

In addition, it prohibited those not economically qualified to hunt from owning any type of gun or other lethal weapon. It also empowered those who owned lands suitable for hunting to appoint gamekeepers with the authority to search the homes of suspected, unauthorized gun-possessors and to seize any illegal weapons they found. The combined effect of these prohibitions was that only wealthy aristocrats could own and use guns, and everyone else, the vast majority of the population, could be disarmed and thereby neutralized if they were deemed a credible threat to the aristocrats' power and social position (Palsy and Don, Pp 87).

Foreign Examples of Gun Control

Examining more contemporary historical accounts suggests that tyrants and dictators ...