Sadly. murder by handgun has become. in the words of one London newspaper. "a peculiarly American death." Yet despite these epic and daily tragedies. we still have not adopted reasonable controls on the availability of handguns. The Handgun Crime Control Act of 1985 would ban the manufacture. importation. assembly or sale of "Saturday night speciais. which are easily concealed and not suitable for sporting use. The bill also requires a 21day waiting period before any handgun can be purchased so that the FBI and local police could run a records check that would effectively prevent purchase by a convicted criminal. a mental incompetent. a drug addict. or an illegal alien. This waiting period would be waived where adequate state restrictions are in force. The bill would improve the crime fighting utility of the firearms tracing program by improving recordkeeping on the distribution of firearms and by requiring the reporting of t . loss or theft of a firearm.
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