Institutionalized Violence

On the other hand, it does not make sense to focus so much on the availability of firearms, simply because most violent crimes involving firearms are committed with illegal firearms and not legally owned and possessed weapons (Dershowitz, 2002). Moore himself comes to the conclusion that, if anything, the American obsession with guns is more a symptom than a cause of the complex social and cultural reasons for higher rates of violent crime in the U.S. than exist in many other countries. The second part of the movie includes vivid news footage of violence initiated by the U.S. As well as interviews with employees of Lockheed-Martin, a missile contractor for the U.S. military located in Littleton.

New Jersey State Gun Laws

In New Jersey, there are strict laws regulating the purchase and authorized ownership of firearms (Zarych, 2009). in-state purchasers must first obtain a purchaser identification card/permit....

Generally, eligibility for the permit includes providing authorities extensive amounts of personal information. There are also various state statutes that preclude gun ownership to a wide range of individuals based on past instances of criminal conduct including many that do not involve the prior use of any weapons. Previously, individual permits were required for each purchase but the state did not restrict how many guns could be purchased lawfully. Since August 2009, state law now prohibits the purchase of more than one gun in any 30-day period and prosecutes violations as a felony subject to a $10,000 fine and incarceration (Zarych, 2009).
References

Dershowitz AM. (2002). Shouting Fire: Civil Liberties in a Turbulent Age. New York:

Touchstone.

Zarych JJ. (2009). The Current State of New Jersey's Gun Laws. Retrieved March 15,

2010 from: http://knowledgebase.findlaw.com/kb/2009/Aug/1329199_1.html