Understand Gun Laws in 6 Minutes
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUxmVKjZXYM

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0:00 so gun laws and gun control have been in the news a lot lately can't imagine why... it would help to know what the existing laws about
0:07 owning and using guns are and what they require you to do if you wanna have a gun
0:11 or several handy so let's dig in shall we the very first law that touches your guns at least until
0:18 the gun touching act of 2014 passes is the requirement of gun registration every gun manufacturer importer and
0:24 dealer has to register every gun they either make import or sell and ensure that gun has a unique serial number whenever a gun is sold the dealer
0:32 has to record the purchaser's name and the gun's serial number they also have to include whether it was purchased for use by
0:39 an agent of a state or local government but the information collected when the gun was registered can't be used as
0:44 evidence in a criminal case unless it was given falsely it's illegal to buy or sell unregistered gun
0:50 this is in part because every time a gun is made imported or sold you have to pay a tax
0:55 the tax is $200 which is the same as it was in 1934 all gun manufacturers importers and dealers must also be licensed and the
1:03 license fee ranges from $100 to $500 the law specifically states the registration includes guns
1:10 disguised as other objects and to make sure the people are following the rules the ATF inspects
1:15 licensed gun dealers every 12 months as well as after any crimes involving that dealer's guns
1:20 breaking the registration or licensing rules will mean your guns get seized and you could pay up to $250,000
1:26 in fines as an individual or $500,000 if you're an organization a dealer is someone who
1:32 makes a business selling guns not someone who sells them occasionally or on the side there's a vigorous debate
1:37 over whether these amateur sellers should also get a license and file paperwork no one knows for sure how many guns are sold this way
1:44 with estimates ranging from 25%-40% of total sales some kinds of guns are banned from being sold in the U.S. at all
1:54 machine guns are banned this means any gun they can shoot more than once in a row without having to pull the trigger again
2:00 silencers are also banned though both can still be made for export there are no restrictions on antique firearms which means
2:08 anything made in 1898 or before if you can't still readily buy ammo for it there's also the assault
2:14 weapons ban which ran from 1994 to 2004 and is being discussed again it banned 18 types of semiautomatic guns, which means a gun that lets you
2:23 shoot multiple times just by pulling the trigger again, that had specific military features like a telescoping stock
2:29 a pistol grip on rifles a bayonet mount a grenade launcher or a flash suppressor the assault weapons ban also applied to
2:37 any ammo clips that let you put more than 10 bullets in the gun at a time one problem was that it didn't apply to anything made before 1994 so there were
2:46 a lot of semiautomatic weapons still floating around for those 10 years another problem was that most types of guns are semiautomatics so the line between
2:53 what was and what wasn't banned was hard to understand and rather blurry the other major federal gun laws the Brady Bill
3:00 which applies to background checks while minors--the age is 21 for handguns and 18 for everything else--
3:07 felons drug addicts and anyone legally decided mentally defective have all been barred from owning guns since 1968
3:14 there wasn't any good way enforcing this the Brady Bill enacted a system of background checks in 1994
3:20 first they were required to be done by law enforcement officers and then when that was ruled unconstitutional
3:26 an instant online system was instituted though many law enforcement officers still
3:30 voluntarily do background checks it also widens the gun ban to legal immigrants dishonorably discharged soldiers people under restraining orders
3:39 people under indictment for a crime where the punishment exceeds 1 year and people convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence the background check
3:46 can take up to 3 days Congress also offers grants to states to
3:52 improve their electronic background check systems now the state level laws vary widely some states recognize the permits
4:00 of other states and some don't states aren't required to spend their own resources and forcing federal gun laws
4:05 though some do generally states will have rules about gun registration and licenses
4:10 waiting periods rules on how many guns you can own and rules about where you can have guns as well as how you can carry them
4:16 for example some states limit the number of guns you can buy any one time particularly handguns some states require you to log a certain number of
4:25 shooting hours or even to take a test before you get a gun license some states banned weapons in certain public places
4:32 and some states make it really hard or impossible either carry a gun with you everywhere you go
4:37 called open carry or to carry a gun around secret call concealed carry most states are less restrictive than the federal
4:44 government but some are much more so you may have heard about the Heller case that went to the Supreme Court
4:50 DC had banned handguns altogether and required a trigger lock on any guns in the house
4:55 the Supreme Court struck both of those restrictions down the really important part was the court held that the Second Amendment does
5:01 guarantee an individual right to bear arms and there you have it