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RedState: H.R. 6257 - June 2008 - Assault Weapons Ban ...
H.R. 6257 - Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act of 2008. Sponsor Rep. Mark Kirk, R-IL Cosponsors (as of 7 November 2008) Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-FL Rep. Michael Ferguson, R-NJ Rep. Christopher Shays, R-CT Rep. ...
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Gun buying shoots up
As an Illinois state legislator, he supported a ban on semiautomatic weapons and tighter restrictions on all firearms. In July, Obama called for a the federal government to permanently reinstate an assault weapons ban, ...
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More Obama gun nonsense
A Chicago nonprofit, Independent Voters of Illinois, had this question, and Obama took hard line: 35. Do you support state legislation to: a. ban the manufacture, sale and possession of handguns? Yes. b. ban assault weapons? ...
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Paul Helmke: We Win, They Lose. Now, Let's Get To Work
Vice President-Elect Biden, one of the original authors of the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban, has been a leader in gun violence prevention throughout his distinguished career. The Brady Campaign's choice was clear. ...
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Amazing Facts: Fears of a Dem crackdown lead to boom in gun sales
And while Vice President-elect Joe Biden owns shotguns, he has supported a ban on assault weapons and has said private sellers at gun shows should be required to perform background checks. But Mark Tushnet, a Harvard Law School ...
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Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act of 2008 (Introduced in ...
Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act of 2008 (Introduced in House) SEC. 2. RESTRICTION ON MANUFACTURE, TRANSFER, AND POSSESSION OF CERTAIN SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSAULT WEAPONS. * (a) RESTRICTION- Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, ...
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Gun sales shoot up after Election Day | Greeley Tribune
As a U.S. senator, Obama voted to leave gun-makers and dealers open to lawsuits; and as an Illinois state legislator, he supported a ban on semiautomatic weapons and tighter restrictions on all firearms. During an October appearance in ...
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View topic - Gun sales thriving in uncertain times :: Free ...
Mark Kirk has introduced a bill, H.R. 6257: Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act of 2008, which would "To reinstate the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act." The bill has been co-sponsored by the other four ...
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How the Second Amendment Was Restored: The inside story of how a ...
Democrats lost Congress in 1994, and the White House in 2000, in part because of a backlash against the 1994 assault weapon ban. In the 21st century, the party no longer makes gun control a major issue. On the state level, laws making ...
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Sense of Events: More guns for the same people?
The Chicago Tribune reports that as "an Illinois state legislator [Obama] voted to support a ban on semiautomatic assault weapons and tighter restrictions on all firearms. He has said in the past that he opposes allowing gun owners to ...
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