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The truth is that tougher laws aren’t needed; what is needed is to enforce the laws already in place. This is the major fact that gun-grabber activists fail to acknowledge. How many laws are in place? No one really knows. Some say 9,000; others, 20,000. But there has been no definitive review of how many gun control laws exist. Nevertheless, let’s take a look at what we do know.The ATF Guide which includes laws only applicable to licensed firearms dealers originally was 507 pages long, although it is now only available as a 10.1 MB electronic document. A megabyte can support approximately 500 printed pages; imagine how many pages of laws are in that 10.1 MB document. Each of these laws regulate the process by which firearms are to be sold by these dealers; a violation of any one law can become a felony violation. https://www.atf.gov/files/publications/download/p/atf-p-5320-8/atf-p-5320-8.pdfThe National Firearms Act of 1934 placed specific regulations on the ownership and transfer of all firearms capable of automatic fire and on the manufacture, sale, transfer, and ownership of suppression devices (the Looney Left calls them “Silencers” even though like with car mufflers, the sound isn’t truly silenced.)The Gun Control Act of 1968 “imposes stricter licensing and regulation on the firearms industry, establishes new categories of firearms offenses, and prohibits the sale of firearms and ammunition to felons and certain other prohibited persons. It also imposes the first Federal jurisdiction over "destructive devices," including bombs, mines, grenades and other similar devices.”Title II of the Gun Control Act (GCA) of 1968, amended the NFA definitions of “firearm” by adding “destructive devices” and expanding the definition of “machinegun.”Firearm Owners’ Protection Act (a misnomer, because it truly offered no real protections) amended the NFA definition of “silencer” by adding combinations of parts for silencers and any part intended for use in the assembly or fabrication of a silencer. The Act also amended the GCA to prohibit the transfer or possession of machineguns.Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993 instituted waiting periods and the notoriously unreliable NICS background check. Waiting periods are no longer required under federal law, but the background check remains. Under the Brady Law, you cannot have (buy, possess, or being able to obtain control of) a gun for personal or business use if you:Were convicted of a crime punishable by being in prison for more than one year;Are a fugitive from justice;Are addicted to, or illegally use, any controlled substance;Have been ruled mentally defective by a court, or are committed to a mental institution;Are an illegal alien living in the United States unlawfully;Received a dishonorable discharge from the U.S. Armed Forces;Renounced your U.S. citizenship, if you are a U.S. citizenAre subject to a court restraining order that involves your 'intimate partner,' your partner's child, or children; orWere convicted of domestic violence in any court of a misdemeanor.NICS Improvement Act of 2008 expanded the NICS background check to include “information relating to criminal history, criminal dispositions, mental illness, restraining orders, and misdemeanor convictions for domestic violence.” This was an attempt to address the mental illness concerns raised in several murders. The problem here is that only adjudicated actions are entered into the database; that means that a person deemed to be mentally ill must be ‘‘adjudicated as a mental defective’’ and committed to a mental institution.’’ This sounds great, but the medical laws regarding confidentiality of patient records conflict with the law and often results in those who legally have been identified as being mentally ill do not have such information appearing in the NICS database. In addition, military adjudications were not addressed under this law; as a result, many records of individuals who otherwise would be classified as “prohibited persons” are not found through NICS.These are the “big” federal laws. There have been additional Executive Orders expanding these federal laws, many signed by former Presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama.Then you have the state and local laws. Each of our 50 states has its own set of laws regulating the sale and use of firearms. In addition, there are over 3,000 counties in the United States, most of which also have laws regulating firearms. Then you have individual cities, towns, and municipalities which their own regulations. None of these state, county, or local laws are part of federal law, and not all laws are created equal; what is legal in one state, county, or city may be illegal in its immediate neighbor.In effect, there are so many laws that even law enforcement officers and attorneys don’t know them all. And every time there is another “mass shooting”, more laws get passed. In the wake of the Sandy Hook incident, 39 states passed at least 117 new pieces of legislation that make gun laws more strict. In the 1983 book “Under the Gun,” by James D. Wright, Peter H. Rossi and Kathleen Daly, the main author Wright stated “the common argument is (was) that the U.S. is virtually the only advanced society that exercises no controls over civilian gun ownership, acquisition and use. Not true then and not true now. The problem is not the lack of gun control laws but the lack of nationally uniform and effective enforcement of the laws.” In 2018, his words still are correct.