... attempt for Congress to pass the Brady Bill. This bill put into action a 5-day waiting period, so as to check the backgrounds of people wishing to purchase pistols. As a result of the "Brady Bill" it has prevented some 250 000 people from purchasing handguns and probably prevented a lot of fatalities. If it took this long after the president narrowly escaped an assassination attempt to devise this law how long will it take to sort out simple everyday shootings across the nation? Most Americans want stricter gun laws as a recent poll found out that 69% of all Americans and 57% of the nations gun owners want stricter gun laws. With around 200 to 250 million guns in America and 10 times as many licensed gun dealers as Mc Donald's restaurants, it is no wonder, they want stricter gun laws and want to reduce the number of gun ...

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