U.S.
Gun Control Legislation, 1968-Present
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Emanuel Celler
1968: The Gun Control Act
of 1968 comes from Rep. Emanuel Celler's House bill H.R.
17735. It expands legislation already attempted by the non-Jewish
Sen. Thomas Dodd. America's biggest and most far-reaching gun law
came from a Zionist[1].
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Howie Metzenbaum
1988: Senate bill S. 1523
is sponsored by Senator Howard Metzenbaum. It proposes legislation
turning every violation of the Gun Control Act of 1968 into a RICO
predicate offense, allowing a gun owner to be charged with federal
racketeering offenses.
1988: Senator Metzenbaum
co-sponsors a bill -- S. 2180 -- to ban, or limit/restrict,
so-called "plastic guns."
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Herb Kohl
1990: Senator
Herbert Kohl introduces bill S.2070, the Gun-Free School Zones Act
of 1990, which bans gun possession in a school zone. The law will
later be struck down in court as unconstitutional.
1993: Senate bill S.653 is sponsored by Sen. Howard Metzenbaum. It
bans specific semiautomatic rifles, but also gives the Secretary
of the Treasury the power to add any semiautomatic firearm to the
list at a later date.
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Chuck
Schumer
February, 1994: The Brady
Law, which requires waiting periods to buy handguns, becomes
effective. Senator Metzenbaum wrote the Brady Bill. Metzenbaum
sponsored the bill in the Senate. The sponsor of the bill in the
House was Rep. Charles Schumer [2].
1994: Senator Metzenbaum introduces S.1878, the Gun Violence
Prevention Act of 1994, aka "Brady II." Rep. Schumer sponsored
"Brady II" sister legislation [H.R. 1321] in the U.S. House of
Representatives.
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Dianne Feinstein
September, 1994: The
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 goes into
effect, including a provision that bans the manufacture and
possession of semiautomatic rifles described as "assault weapons."
[Note: true assault weapons are fully automatic, not
semiautomatic]. That gun-ban provision was authored in the Senate
by Senator Dianne Feinstein and authored in the House by
Congressman Schumer.
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Arlene Specter
1995: Senators
Kohl, Specter, Feinstein, Lautenberg and others introduce the
Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1995, an amended version of the 1990
school-zone law which was struck down in court as being
unconstitutional.
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Frank Launtenberg
September, 1996: The
Lautenberg Domestic Confiscation provision becomes law. It is part
of a larger omnibus appropriations bill. It was sponsored by
Senator Frank Lautenberg. It bans people convicted of misdemeanor
domestic violence from ever owning a gun.
1997: Senate bill S. 54, the Federal Gang Violence Act of 1997,
proposes much harsher sentences for people violating minor gun
laws, including mandatory prison sentences and forfeiture of
property. It was introduced by Dianne Feinstein and Senator
[Hatch], among others. It returns the idea of turning every
violation of the Gun Control Act of 1968 into a RICO predicate
offense.
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Barbara Boxer
January, 1999:
Senator Barbara Boxer introduces bill S.193, the American Handgun
Standards Act of 1999.
January, 1999: Senator Kohl introduces bill S.149, the Child
Safety Lock Act of 1999. It would to require a child safety lock
in connection with transfer of a handgun.
February, 1999: Senator Frank Lautenberg introduces bill S.407,
the Stop Gun Trafficking Act of 1999.
February, 1999: Senator Lautenberg introduces S.443, the Gun Show
Accountability Act of 1999.
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Senator Abe Levin
March, 1999: Senator
Lautenberg introduces bill S.560, the Gun Industry Accountability
Act of 1999.
March, 1999: Senator Feinstein introduces bill S.594, the Large
Capacity Ammunition Magazine Import Ban Act of 1999.
May, 2000: Senate bill S. 2515, Firearm Licensing and Record of
Sale Act of 2000, is submitted by Senators Feinstein, Senator
Barbara Boxer, Sen. Lautenberg and Sen. Schumer. It is a plan for
a national firearms licensing system.
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January, 2001: Senate bill S.25, Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale
Act of 2001, is sponsored by Feinstein, Schumer, and Boxer. It is a
nation-wide gun registration plan [apparently there were two versions
of that Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act bill].
May, 2003: Senators Feinstein, Schumer, Boxer and others introduce
legislation that would reauthorize the 1994 federal assault weapons
ban, and, close a loophole in the law that allows large-capacity
ammunition magazines to be imported into the U.S. The ban is scheduled
to expire in September, 2004.
October, 2003: Senators Feinstein, Lautenberg, Levin [also Jewish] and
Schumer co-sponsor bill S.1774, designed to stop the sunset [ending]
of the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988.
March, 2005: Senator Lautenberg introduces bill S.645, "to reinstate
the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act," in
other words, to reinstate the 1994 assault-rifle ban [also known as
the "Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994"] which
expired in late 2004.
March, 2005: Senator Feinstein introduces bill S.620, "to reinstate
the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act," in
other words, to reinstate the 1994 assault-rifle ban [also known as
the "Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994"] which
expired in late 2004.
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