One handgun a month law
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A one-handgun a month law is designed to cut off the supply of guns to criminals by limiting handgun purchases to one every thirty days per person. The rationale for enacting this law is that gun traffickers may frequently purchase large numbers of cheap handguns from states with weak gun laws, particularly those in the south, and sell them at an inflated price to criminals in states with strong gun laws. The law was first passed in 1975 in the state of South Carolina. However, it gained fame after the state of Virginia enacted it in 1993 to combat the illegal flow of guns from their state to the Northeast. Before the law passed, 40% of the guns used in crime in New York City were traced back to Virginia. Afterwards, Virginia's share of guns from the Southeast traced to crime in the Northeast dropped from 54% to 16%. Laws were later passed in Maryland in 1996 and California in 1999. In 2004, the state of South Carolina repealed its law after supporters of gun rights gained control of the state legislature and the governor's office.
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