The Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act: Pivotal Gun Control Legislation

Abstract

Pivotal Document: The Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act Our weekly readings mostly emphasized on the effects that shooting video games has in shaping school shooters among other mass shooters. In one of the videos, “Outrange Over School Shooting Video Game”, it is open that the effects of the video are too loud to ignore as students tend to practice what they see leading to death thus discouraging release of such games (02:00-22). While paying close attention on The Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act, it is open that this document has a close connection with mass shooting as it aims at limiting chances of occurrences of such criminal acts. The Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act serves as a United States federal law enacted back on 13th Sep 1994 (Roth, Koper and Adams, 1997). It was a relevant piece of gun control legislation that prohibited the manufacture, transfer as well as the possession of some semi-automatic firearms and high-capacity magazines. It is legislation that targeted assault weapons defined bases on features like detachable magazines and military style qualities (Roth, Koper and Adams, 1997). It is an Act that proved significant as it marked a notable attempt by the federal government to address concerns about gun violence as well as public safety. When this legislation enacted, there was a growing concern about the increased military-style weapons in violent crimes. To this effect, its enactment served as a relief as it banned such military-style firearms reducing their availability and access to the wrong hands. It is a legislation that represented a great policy shift in gun control reflecting broader debates about gun regulation in America. To this effect, one can argue that this legislation was written in response to the raising gun violence which involved...