The Brady Law

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This is a valid argument in less densely
populated areas of the country where doing checks would bring manpower to a
below minimum level. This argument is not valid for large cities, however,
because it is needed more there than anywhere else in the country. In
large cities there are many more police officers and they can afford to put
a few on duty doing these checks. In large cities you can easily blend in
because of its size. Places like Montana and Arizona don't necessarily
need to run checks on every person, but ones they have not seen before in
their small community or ones that look suspicious should be checked out.
In this case the courts decided that the local authorities did not
need to run checks on every buyer, but only “make a reasonable effort” to
find out if a person wishing to purchase a gun has a criminal record.
I believe that this part of the Brady Law should not have been
taken out, and that it is a vital part of the law. One of the main reasons
to do ...

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