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Gun Control Reform Activism

screamcheese

(81 posts) Thu Jun 2, 2022, 11:06 PM Jun 2022

Federal Assault Weapons Ban of 1994

The Federal Assault Weapons Ban, signed into law in 1994 by President Bill Clinton, was "sunseted" in 2004. It could have been renewed and made permanent, but the Republican majority in both chambers and President George Bush let it expire. Imagine where we would be today if it had been made permanent. Here are the particulars:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Assault_Weapons_Ban

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Federal Assault Weapons Ban of 1994 (Original Post) screamcheese Jun 2022 OP

We let a great opportunity slip away. The saddest words are these: What might have been...n/t CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2022 #1

CaliforniaPeggy

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1. We let a great opportunity slip away. The saddest words are these: What might have been...n/t

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Fri Jun 3, 2022, 09:54 AM

Jun 2022

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