TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1994//
TI  - Federal-State Relations in Gun Control: The 1993 Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act
JO  - Publius: the journal of federalism
A1  - DeFrances, CJ
A1  - Smith, S. K.
SP  - 69
EP  - 82
VL  - 24
IS  - 3
N2  - The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, which took effect in February 1994, sets minimum nationwide requirements for the sale of handguns and establishes a national criminal-background information system. Each of these thrusts of Brady involves fundamental issues of federalism. The first involves the traditional give-and-take between the states and the federal government in sorting out specific authority over the prohibition of firearm sales. The second thrust, establishing a national information network, requires cooperation of all the states and the federal government. This article reviews Brady in the context of twenty-five years of federal gun-control activity, examines its impact on federal-state relations, and addresses the development of a national criminal-history information network linking the states and the federal government.<p />
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SN  - 0048-5950
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -