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PAD-78-4 1 (1978-02-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaawpa0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DOCUMENT RESUME 04853 - 2 20385266 1 handgun Control: Effect iveness and Costs. FAD-78-4; B-171019. February 6, 1973. 79 pp. + 3 appendis-t (11 pp.). Peport to the Conqress by Elmer E. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Law Enforcerkent and Crime Prevention (5C0) ; La* Enforceiuent and Crime PreventioL: Controlled Items (502); Program Evaluation Systems: New Tecbniques and Standards (2602). Contact: Program Analyiis Div. LBudqet Function: Law 'Enforcement and Justice: Federal Law Enforcement and Prosecution (751); Law Enforcement and Justice: Federal judicial Activities 1752); General Government: Legislative Functivns (801). Organization Concerned: Department of Justice; Department of the Treasury. Congressional Relevance: House Committee on the Judiciary; Senate Committee on the Judiciary; Congress. Au' K.rity: National Firearms Act of 1934. Federal Firearms Act of 1938. Gun Contioi Act of 1968. In 1976, 63.8% of murders, 23.6% of aggravated assaults, and 42.7% of robberies in the United States were committed with guns. Over the past 10 years the use of guns in crime has increased greatly. Three major Federal laws have controlled the sale and possession of firearms: the National Firearms Act of 1934, the Federal Firearms Act or 1938, and the Gun Control Act of 1968. Findings/Conclusicns: There has been a direct relationship betweeD increased handgun availability and increased gun-related crimes in America since the mid-sixties. The Gun Control Act was an attempt tc remove inexpensive handguns from the market by restricting imports; it also !ttempted to aid State and local law enforcement ky requiring 4un purchasers to be State residents and prohibiting some people i~om buying guns. However, since it does not require verification of a pur._hser's identity, it is not effective in deterring people with criminal records from acquiring guns. State and local laws affectinq haniquins consist of a pa.-chwork of statutes and req,,pements, with State laws effective only within State lines and a lack of unifcrtity amcng States. Other attempts to curb qun-,elted crimes have tee; enactment by some States of mandatory sexutencinq for crises committed with guns and a Federal enrorce~t~ project. The effectiveness of these and other approaches kg not been clearly established. It is difficult to estimate the cost of a national gun ccntrol, system because there is no def'iitive design for such a system. costs would depend an requirements and needs for personnel. Savings would result from integrating some State gun ccntrol systems into a national system. Recommendations: Conqress should consider a national q4n control system from a range of system desiqns and select a system which is most cost effective.

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