Most of the comments here are made out of TOTAL ignorance of US gun law. First, there are a list of crimes that if convicted make a person ineligible to purchase and/or own a firearm. Those crimes include domestic violence, all felonies, and drug crime.

As per the brady law, every time a person attempts to purchase a gun from a Federally licensed dealer, that person must undergo a background check before the purchase is OK'd, this is done VIA a FBI database which contains names and SS numbers and physical description of felons and other ineligibles. So you DO need government permission to purchase a firearm. Just because someone can walk into a gunshop and back out 25 minutes later with a gun doesn't mean that the system isn't working.

As far as criminals getting guns, that is another illegal act called "straw purchasing" meaning that a person who can purchase guns is the one who physically purchases them, and then just turns them over to the criminals. This is ALREADY illegal. and there is little that can be done to prevent it. Even one gun a month laws do not prevent several straw purchasers from buying guns for ONE criminal.

As to accidental deaths, guns are very low on the list of dangerous objects. And an irrational fear isn't arguement enough to enact additional gun laws in my book.