The Handgun Control Incorporation (HCI)

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The Handgun Control Incorporation (HCI) is a very controversial organization, difficult to research because they are secretive and reluctant to release information. It was founded in 1974 by Mark Borinsky as the National Council to Control Handguns. It is now known as the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence is an organization that was spun out of Handgun Control, Inc. on June 14, 2001. It is a registered not-for-profit organization which focuses on education and litigation and non-political lobbying. To use the words of the NRA (National Rifle Association) in describing the agenda of HCI: "HCI was formed to lobby for legislative control and government regulations on the manufacture, importation,…show more content…
The ban expired in September 2004. This has since been replaced by a computerized background check system. Besides all this good principles and ideals there have been a lot of critics against the execution by organization. There have been four main claims from the Brady Campaign that have been a common subject of disagreement that we would like to enumerate: Brady campaign's statements 1. "Since the expiration of the federal Assault Weapons Ban two years ago, there has been a significant rise in violent crime and homicides. Passing an assault weapons ban must be one of the top domestic safety priorities of the 110th Congress." FBI statistics show that "assault weapons" are used in less than 2% of gun crimes; they simply are not the preferred gun of criminals. Criminals use what is readily available to them, they do not go out and spend $1000 on a gun that they can't conceal and probably don't know how to operate. Ten months after the last Assault Weapon Ban lapsed in 2004, violent crime had dropped…show more content…
Another problem has been that the Brady Campaign has come under severe criticism from both gun-owners groups (such as the NRA) and non-aligned parties, due to its frequent use of inaccurate information and fake unsourced data regarding firearms and ammunition. Gun advocacy groups have protested at what they see as disinformation and unfounded hysteria. Some of the more famous examples include the labeling of semi-automatic or self-loading rifles as "assault weapons", calling for the ban of non-existent "plastic guns", and description of hollow-point handgun ammunition as "cop-killers". This information was widely exploited by media outlets, despite the fact that most types of hollow-point ammunition actually penetrate less than conventional jacketed rounds, thus being incapable of defeating police department-issue Kevlar vests. The organization has been involved in controversial Supreme Court cases. Considering the fact that the Brady Campaign repeatedly stresses that they are not "anti-gun" and that they only support "sensible" gun regulation, their position on certain issues have been

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