From firearms-alert-owner Tue Jan 24 09:47:38 1995 Received: (chan@localhost) by jobe.shell.portal.com (8.6.9/8.6.5) id JAA21635 for firearms-alert-outgoing; Tue, 24 Jan 1995 09:45:25 -0800 Received: from nova.unix.portal.com (root@nova.unix.portal.com [156.151.1.101]) by jobe.shell.portal.com (8.6.9/8.6.5) with ESMTP id JAA21622 for ; Tue, 24 Jan 1995 09:45:23 -0800 Received: from gate.ti.com (news.ti.com [192.94.94.33]) by nova.unix.portal.com (8.6.9/8.6.5) with ESMTP id JAA10004 for ; Tue, 24 Jan 1995 09:45:21 -0800 Received: from spdc.ti.com ([192.104.101.7]) by gate.ti.com (8.6.9/) with SMTP id LAA26758 for ; Tue, 24 Jan 1995 11:45:13 -0600 Received: from epcot.spdc.ti.com by spdc.ti.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA06273; Tue, 24 Jan 95 11:41:31 CST Received: by epcot.spdc.ti.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA13657; Tue, 24 Jan 95 11:41:30 CST From: serafin@spdc.ti.com (Mike Serafin) Message-Id: <9501241741.AA13657@epcot.spdc.ti.com> Subject: ACTION: US Firearms Related Bills To: firearms-alert@shell.portal.com Date: Tue, 24 Jan 1995 11:41:30 -0600 (CST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 3266 Sender: firearms-alert-owner@shell.portal.com Precedence: bulk Status: RO I did a search on THOMAS and came up with the following bills that look promising and those that look terrible or questionable at best. I made a few comments about some of the bad ones. I just briefly looked these over, so you'll need to look them up yourself. Keep writing them letters and making them calls. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Good ---- [H.R.3] Taking Back Our Streets Act of 1995 [H.R.322] Restoration of Certain Second Amendment Rights Act [H.R.78] Citizens Self Defense Act [H.R.464] Bartlett/Stockman Assault Weapon Ban Repeal Act [S.38] Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Amendments Act of 1995 [H.R.125] Gun Ban Repeal Act of 1995 [S.3] Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Improvement Act of 1995 Bad! ---- [H.R.174] Gun Violence Economic Equity Act of 1995 [H.R.385] National Firearms Policy Commission Act Who needs this? A waste of resources, since we already know the second ammendment protects our rights to keep and bear arms. [S.124] Real Cost of Destructive Ammunition Act Ammo Tax [S.118] Violent Crime Reduction Act of 1995 Ban .25cal, .32cal, and 9mm ammuntion [H.R.97] Rapid Deployment Strike Force Act Yea, right. Can anybody say Gestapo? [S.120] Violent Crime Control Act of 1995 Ammo Tax [H.R.169] Handgun Registration Act of 1995 THOMAS had problems picking up the text on this one, but I think the title says enough. [H.R.250] To prohibit the possession or transfer of non-sporting handguns. Hmmmm. [H.R.218] 1995 Community Protection Initiative Preempts state laws that prohibit off-duty or former law enforcement officers from concealed carry. [H.R.221] Law Enforcement Officials Protection Act of 1995 Ban on plastic coated ammo, e.g. teflon coated. [S.119] Real Cost of Handgun Ammunition Act of 1995 Ammo Tax [H.R.492] To impose a tax and import controls on bullets expressly designed to penetrate law enforcement personnel bulletproof vests. [H.R.256] Fort Carson-Pinon Canyon Military Lands Withdrawal Act Not firearms related, but it is a stinkin' federal land grab. [H.CON.RES.13] Condemning the violence committed in Brookline, Massachusetts, on December 30, 1994. Oh, come on, why are these people wasting time and money on this crap. Yes, it was a tragedy and we all recognize that, but this is rediculous. [S.20] Handgun Ammunition Control Act of 1995 Ammo control [H.R.43] Bombing Prevention Act Restricts mfg and sale of blackpowder and smokless powder in quantities greater than 5 lbs. [S.200] Cop Killer Ammunition Ban Act of 1995 [H.R.444] Cop-Killer Bullet Ban Act of 1995 [S.122] Destructive Ammunition Prohibition Act of 1995 Prohibits possesion of any ammo that expands on impact. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Serafin "This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it." -Abraham Lincoln-