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Article: A Vote to Disarm the Drug Lords
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- February 5, 1990
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NOW IT is time to see how many of the senators who talk about
winning the drug war are ready to give President Bush an important
message for President Barco of Colombia. This week, the Senate is
scheduled to consider legislation that responds to the Colombian
president's request to Mr. Bush and Congress for help in stopping the
flow of combat weapons-military assault-style weapons-to the drug
cartels. Specifically, the legislation, S.747, would prohibit the
import, sale and domestic manufacture of 14 kinds of assault weapons.
The measure is now part of the Biden crime package, and lobbyists for
the National Rifle Association are attempting to kill it, either by
defeating the whole ...