REPORT OF THE NEW YORK STATE COMMISSION OF INVESTIGATION CONCERNING THE AVAILABILITY, ILLEGAL POSSESSION AND USE OF HANDGUNS IN NEW YORK STATE

• NCJ Number: 17296
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 63 pages
• Corporate Author: New York State
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

HANDGUNS, PREDOMINATELY THOSE PURCHASED OUT OF STATE, HAVE SURPASSED THE KNIFE AS THE MOST FREQUENTLY USED WEAPON IN MURDERS AND ROBBERIES IN NEW YORK STATE.

Abstract

VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD RECENTLY COME FACE TO FACE WITH THE HANDGUN MENACE WERE INTERVIEWED. THESE CITIZENS DESCRIBED VIVIDLY HOW THEIR LIVES, BOTH ECONOMIC AND PERSONAL, HAVE BEEN DISRUPTED BY CRIMINALS WHO APPARENTLY HAVE AN ENDLESS SUPPLY OF GUNS WHICH THEY USE FOR CRIMINAL PURPOSES, AND LITTLE CONCERN ABOUT PUNISHMENT, IF APPREHENDED BY THE LAW. THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM ARE DISCUSSED, FOLLOWED BY A SURVEY OF THE HANDGUN VIOLATOR AND HOW HE FARES IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. THE COMMISSION CALLED FOR FEDERAL REGISTRATION OF HANDGUNS TO STOP THEIR ILLEGAL IMPORTATION INTO NEW YORK AND FOR STRICTER ENFORCEMENT OF THE SULLIVAN LAW AND FOR HARSHER SENTENCING OF HANDGUN VIOLATORS.