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	Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, also known as the Brady Bill, was passed by the United States Congress, signed into law by President Bill Clinton on November 30, 1993, and went into effect on February 28, 1994.
		The Brady Bill was championed for over a decade by Brady's wife, Sarah Brady, who became an anti-gun advocate after her husband's shooting.
		The Brady Law requires that background checks for individuals be conducted before a handgun may be purchased from a federal firearms dealer, and requires an unlicensed purchaser to wait five days before taking possession of the handgun.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brady_Handgun_Violence_Prevention_Act (622 words)

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		Brady imposes a waiting period of 5 business days (defined in the statute as days on which State offices are open) before a licensee may sell, deliver, or transfer a handgun (other than the return of a handgun to the person from whom it was received) to a nonlicensed individual.
		As defined in the Brady law, the term ``handgun'' means-- (A) a firearm which has a short stock and is designed to be held and fired by the use of a single hand; and (B) any combination of parts from which a firearm described in subparagraph (A) can be assembled.
		Brady also provides that an individual who is determined to be ineligible to purchase a handgun under the waiting period provision may request that the CLEO who made the determination provide reasons for that determination.
	www.cs.cmu.edu /afs/cs/user/wbardwel/public/nfalist/bradylaw.regs.txt (5008 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act
		The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, also known as the Brady Bill, was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Bill Clinton on November 30, 1993.The act was named after James Brady, who was shot by John Hinckley, Jr.
		The Brady Bill was championed for over a decade by Brady's wife, Sarah Brady, who after her husband's shooting became a liberal anti-gun advocate.
		In 1993 she was a guest of honor at the signing ceremony for the bill, whose signing represented a milestone for her organizations.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Brady_Handgun_Violence_Prevention_Act (289 words)

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		As defined in the Brady law, the term ``handgun'' means- (A) a firearm which has a short stock and is designed to be held and fired by the use of a single hand; and (B) any combination of parts from which a firearm described in subparagraph (A) can be assembled.
		In order to provide assistance to CLEOs in identifying ineligible applicants for handguns, the INS has suggested that a transferee who is a lawful permanent resident alien of the United States include his or her alien registration number (Alien #A _____) on Form 5300.35 (Item 5g, ``Are you illegally in the United States?'').
		Regulatory Flexibility Act The provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act relating to an initial and final regulatory flexibility analysis (5 U.S.C. 604) are not applicable to this final rule because the agency was not required to publish a notice of proposed rulemaking under 5 U.S.C. 553 or any other law.
	www.rkba.org /federal/brady/batf.implementation.27feb95 (4948 words)

	Bibliography: Gun Control (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act: hearing before the Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, first session, on H.R. 7… March 21, 1991.
		Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act: hearing before the Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, first session, on H.R. 1025… September 30, 1993.
		Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1987: hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One hundredth Congress, first session, on S. 466, a bill to provide for a waiting period before the sale, delivery, or transfer of a handgun, June 16, 1987.
	dmla.clan.lib.nv.us /docs/nsla/bibs/GunControl.htm (1930 words)

	Seton Hall Legislative Journal
		This clearly undermines one of the key provisions of the Brady Act and renders this piece of legislation significantly less effective.[138] The courts striking down this provision contend that their rulings are only temporary given that the Brady Act calls for a national background check system by 1998.
		According to the report, the Act is the result of a national awareness of gun violence in this country fostered by the example and dedication to the cause demonstrated by Sarah and James Brady.
		The Act attempts to address this concern by allowing an individual to obtain a waiver of the waiting period when there exists a threat of "imminent harm" to that individual or a member of his or her family.
	www.saf.org /LawReviews/Tobia1.htm (7762 words)

	Here's the JAMA - Brady Article - TheFiringLine Forums
		However, it is possible that the Brady Act may have had a negative association with homicide rates in both the treatment and control states by reducing the flow of guns from treatment-state gun dealers into secondary gun markets.
		If implementation of the Brady Act were associated with a reduction in homicide rates of similar magnitude in control states as in treatment states, our comparisons of treatment and control state trends would have failed to detect it.
		The estimated association between the Brady Act treatment and gun suicide rates among persons aged 55 years and older is equal to -0.92 per 100,000 (95% CI, -1.43 to -0.42), or about 6% of the gun suicide rate among this age group in the control states after the Brady Act had become law.
	www.thefiringline.com /forums/showthread.php?t=28253 (3882 words)

	ATF Rules for National Instant Check System
		The Brady law requires that the Attorney General establish a permanent national instant criminal background check system that any licensee may contact, by telephone or by other electronic means in addition to the telephone, for information on whether receipt of a firearm by a prospective transferee would violate Federal or State law.
		While the title of the statute is the "Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act," the plain language of the law clearly states that the permanent provisions apply to all firearms, including rifles and shotguns.
		The Brady law provides that a licensee is not required to initiate a NICS check where the purchaser presents a permit that allows the purchaser to "possess or acquire a firearm." The final rule clarifies that the permit must be valid under State law.
	www.bloomfieldpress.com /atfrules.htm (8659 words)

	The Anti-HCI Website! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Handgun Control, Inc.(The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence) toddled along as a smallish, fringe organization until the near-fatal wounding of presidential Press Secretary James Brady during the attempted assassination of then-President Ronald Reagan in 1981.
		November 30 2004 was the ninth anniversary of the signing of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, better known as the Brady Law.
		Violence and crime are higher among fl than white, lower-income than middle- or upper-income, young than middle-aged, single than married, and urban than rural individuals - all contrary to the pattern of gun ownership.
	www.handguncontrol.net (2124 words)

	Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act
		The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, also known as the Brady Bill, was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Bill Clinton on November 30, 1993.
		The law initially required a five-day waiting period for customers purchasing firearms or handguns, and mandated a national criminal background check on purchasers buying handguns from ATF-licensed dealers.
		Under the Brady Law, prior to the sale of a handgun, federally-licensed firearms dealers must verify the identity of a customer and receive authorization from the background checking system's database.
	fact-archive.com /encyclopedia/Brady_Handgun_Violence_Prevention_Act (289 words)

	NRA-ILA :: Fact Sheets
		The Act requires, in some states, with some exceptions, a waiting period of five state government business days from the time a person applies to purchase a handgun from a federal firearm licensee (FFL, generally, a federally licensed firearm dealer, manufacturer or importer) and the time the handgun is transferred to the buyer.
		As originally imposed, the Act required that, during the five-day wait, the chief law enforcement officer (CLEO, a sheriff or police chief or, in some states, a state law enforcement agency) in the buyer`s area "shall make a reasonable effort" to determine if the buyer is prohibited from possessing a handgun.
		Moreover, since the Brady Act took effect, its supporters had attempted to justify the law on the basis of handgun purchase denials alone, not on the number of prevented crimes, whether "crimes of passion" or otherwise.
	www.nraila.org /Issues/FactSheets/Read.aspx?ID=73 (4159 words)

	GUN CONTROL: THE BRADY HANDGUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACT
		Although the Brady Handgun Violence Protection Act is hardly a panacea for the proliferation of firearms in this country, it will serve as a testimonial to the urgency of the problem in the United States.
		Brady purchased the handgun on April 23, the same day that he was released from a state psychiatric hospital.
		Additionally, the legislation would prevent death row inmates from obtaining federal court review of their cases through petitions for habeas corpus if a federal judge believed the prisoner had a "full and fair" hearing in state court.
	www.saf.org /LawReviews/Cozzolino1.html (6841 words)

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		For purposes of the permanent provisions of the Brady law, it is irrelevant whether the permit covers the type of firearm that is being purchased.
		The critical issue is not the type of firearm for which the permit was issued, but whether the State has conducted a background check on that individual to ensure that the individual is not prohibited from possessing a firearm.
		Thus, the redemption of a pawned handgun by the person from whom it was received is not subject to the waiting period and background check requirements imposed by the interim provisions of the Brady law.
	www.geocities.com /old_crazy_atheist/0827br1.html (3702 words)

	Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act at opensource encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (the Brady Bill) is a piece of legislation passed by the US Congress and signed into law by US President Bill Clinton on November 30, 1993.
		The act required a five-day waiting period when purchasing a handgun and also established a national criminal background checking system for use by firearms dealers.
		According to this act, arms dealers are required to verify the identity of a customer and receive authorization from the background checking system, prior to the sale of a handgun.
	www.wiki.tatet.com /Brady_Handgun_Violence_Prevention_Act.html (179 words)

	Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents: Remarks on the proposed extension of the Brady ... @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Remarks on the proposed extension of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act.
		At heart, this is what the Brady law has accomplished, and this is the vision to which we must all remain true if we are to build a safer and stronger America for the 21st century.
		The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act is title I of Public Law 103159, approved November 30, 1993.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:21118700&refid=ink_tptd_np (1547 words)

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		ACTION: Notice of States subject to the waiting period provision of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act and States having alternative systems, and a list of chief law enforcement officers for purposes of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act.
		SUMMARY: Beginning on February 28, 1994, the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act imposes a 5-day waiting period on the sale, delivery, or transfer of a handgun in States that do not require a background check.
		103-159, cited as the "Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act" (hereafter "the Act") provides, in part, for a national waiting period of 5 days before a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer may lawfully transfer a handgun to a nonlicensed individual.
	www.rkba.org /federal/batf/mirror/NO795.TXT (1296 words)

	Statement by Congresswoman Jane Harman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		However, if we are to make our streets and neighborhoods safe again, we have to take reasonable steps to regulate the use of firearms that have no legitimate use either for the sportsman or for those who seek self-protection.
		We must pass legislation to keep handguns and bullets from children who are not yet legally old enough to vote.
		I urge this Congress to act not only on the Brady bill, but on devising a comprehensive policy to ensure that the criminals who bring terror to our streets do not have access to the guns and ammunition that are designed primarily to kill people rather than protect.
	www.house.gov /harman/issues/statements/103/111093ST_Brady.html (347 words)

	Federal Gun Control Legislation - Timeline
		Union soldiers Col. William C. Church and Gen. George Wingate found the NRA to "promote and encourage rifle shooting on a scientific basis." Civil War Gen. Ambrose Burnside, who was also the former governor of Rhode Island and a U.S. Senator, serves as the organization's first president.
		License requirements were expanded to include more dealers, and more detailed record keeping was expected of them; handgun sales over state lines were restricted; the list of persons dealers could not sell to grew to include those convicted of felonies (with some exceptions), those found mentally incompetent, drug users and more.
		Enforcement of the Gun Control Act was given to the Dept. of the Treasury's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division of the Internal Revenue Service.
	www.infoplease.com /spot/guntime1.html (952 words)

	U.S. Senate Republican Policy Committee
		In states where background checks were not already required for gun purchases, the Brady law mandated a background check and a five-day waiting period.
		Lott also reports that even before the law passed, "overwhelming percentages" of police officers and chiefs "rejected claims that the Brady law would lower the crime rate." Lott offers possible reasons, including criminals' continued ability to obtain guns by other means.
		The authors found the Brady Act to be associated with a small decrease in gun suicides by people age 55 and over, but that effect was diminished by the substitution of other methods of suicide.
	www.senate.gov /~rpc/releases/1999/gc083100.htm (642 words)

	NRA-ILA :: Issues
		The basic objectives of Title I of the Gun Control Act of 1968 were to ban mail-order sales of firearms and ammunition, confine the purchase of firearms to the buyer's state of residence, and prohibit certain classes of persons from purchasing, receiving or transporting firearms or ammunition in interstate commerce.
		Dealers are required to keep records of all firearms and are forbidden from selling handguns to persons under 21, or rifles and shotguns to persons under 18.
		Administration and enforcement of the Gun Control Act are the responsibility of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, of the U.S. Department of Justice.
	www.nraila.org /media/misc/FederalFirearms.htm (3559 words)

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		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, TITLE I--BRADY HANDGUN CONTROL SEC.
		This title may be cited as the "Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act".
		This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall not be construed to alter or impair any right or remedy under section 552a of title 5, United States Code.
	www.cs.cmu.edu /afs/cs/usr/wbardwel/public/nfalist/brady_act.txt (841 words)

	Pennsylvanians Against Handgun Violence - The Brady Law
		The Brady handgun Violence Prevention Act, or Brady Law, which took seven years to pass in Congress, was finally signed into law on November 20, 1993, and went into effect on February 28, 1994.
		On November 30, 1998, the five-day waiting period for handgun purchasers required by the Brady Law expired.
		In order to purchase a handgun, there is a state level background check required at the time of purchase and to purchase a long gun there is a federal background check required.
	www.pahv.org /brady (339 words)

	Bureau of Justice Statistics Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 1999
		The report also provides the number of applications checked by State points of contact, estimates of the number of applications checked by local agencies, the number of applications rejected, the reasons for rejection, and estimates of applications and rejections conducted by each type of approval system, including permit approval systems.
		From the inception of the Brady Act on March 1, 1994, to December 31, 1999, about 22 million applications for a firearm purchase or pawn transaction were subject to background checks of applicants.
		Reports covering the Brady interim period, the time prior to the permanent provisions, are in the series Presale Handgun Checks.
	www.ojp.usdoj.gov /bjs/abstract/bcft99.htm (244 words)

	Toward a Functional Framework for Interpreting the Second Amendment
		The 103d Congress passed the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act[1] and the ban on "assault" weapons,[2] two of the most controversial gun control measures in American history.
		A 1689 act, passed when there was still risk of King James, a papist, returning to the throne, allowed Catholics to retain all arms needed for self-defense.
		Other such burdens include the Brady Law's five-day waiting period for the purchase of a firearm,[146] and cumbersome and expensive licensing regimes, which are in force in many jurisdictions.
	www.guncite.com /journals/burframe.html (10399 words)

	US CODE: Title 18,922. Unlawful acts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		(iv) by a law enforcement officer acting in his or her official capacity.
		(A) a temporary transfer of a handgun or ammunition to a juvenile or to the possession or use of a handgun or ammunition by a juvenile if the handgun and ammunition are possessed and used by the juvenile—
		(D) the possession of a handgun or ammunition by a juvenile taken in defense of the juvenile or other persons against an intruder into the residence of the juvenile or a residence in which the juvenile is an invited guest.
	www.law.cornell.edu /uscode/18/922.html (5554 words)

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