The Consumer Product Safety Commission should also be allowed to analyze guns as consumer products to recommend further safety improvements. Also, only imported guns are currently subject to safety standards. Congress should act to make all guns, domestic or imported, subject to the same stringent safety standards. Since passage of the Brady Law, over a quarter-million convicted felons have been denied the opportunity to buy a gun. However, the Brady Law does not go far enough.
Many violent criminals slip through the cracks because of plea bargaining.
Research shows those previously convicted of misdemeanors are 7.5 times likelier to commit a crime after buying a gun than those with no prior criminal record. Repeat drunk drivers also deserve to lose their gun-purchasing privileges. Preventing these people from getting access to guns will go a long way towards reducing crime. Currently, the federal government has over a dozen different agencies collecting data about fatal firearm injuries. When information about automobile injuries was lacking, the federal government created a national data collection system to better understand car crashes.