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- Title
LICENSING GUNSMITHS -- A NECESSITY.
- Authors
Howe, Walter I.
- Abstract
The article discusses the importance of the licensing of gunsmiths that can aid in solving every gun-accompanied crime in the U.S. Without attempting to write a model law, which would undoubtedly need to be modified in each state or municipality because of local conditions, the following outline should serve sufficiently to convey the purpose and idea: any gunsmith or person, deriving any income from the cleaning, repairing, or refinishing of any firearm, shall be required to be licensed. Such a gunsmith license shall be issued only after the person applying has satisfied the following requirements and conditions: he must be of good moral character and never have been convicted of a crime of violence, or other high misdemeanor or felony which would tend to indicate he is a person unfit to handle dangerous weapons. The person must be fingerprinted and photographed and a fee will be collected to defray cost of administration and printing of forms and licenses. Every such licensed person shall be required to keep in a bound and numbered page book a record of all guns worked upon by the licensee, whether on his premises or elsewhere. Each entry in the book must be made in pen and ink and in the English language and contain the following information: time of receipt of the weapon; name and address of the person bringing in the weapon and make, caliber, type, and serial number of the weapon.
- Subjects
UNITED States; GUN laws; LICENSES; CRIME; CRIMINAL law; TRADE regulation; VIOLENCE
- Publication
Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology (08852731), 1944, Vol 34, Issue 6, p412
- ISSN
0885-2731
- Publication type
Article