Banning Assault Weapons

Baltimore Afro-American;  May 14, 1994 ;     605 words ......Afro-American 05-14-1994 ON...Banning Assault Weapons. Last week the House of Representatives...the bold and unusual step of banning assault weapons. Although 80 percent of the American...manufacture and possession of certain assault weapons. The bill exempts from the ban weapons...

FOCUS: ASSAULT WEAPONS.(FRONT)

The Virginian Pilot;  August 27, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Byline: LOS ANGELES TIMES FOCUS: ASSAULT WEAPONS Lawmakers cracked down on assault weapons to put a stop to the tragedies that had...and sheer number of slugs let loose from assault weapons that lawmakers cracked down on them. Or...

GOV. BLAGOJEVICH, VICTIMS' FAMILIES, ADVOCATES URGE LAWMAKERS IN...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 23, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Blagojevich joined families of victims of assault weapons, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun...General Assembly to pass a statewide assault weapons ban. Supporters of the ban on assault weapons took the cause to the Capital City...

MOVEMENT TO RESTRICT ASSAULT WEAPONS IN N. ANDOVER GROWS

The Boston Globe;  October 31, 1989 ;     700+ words ......progress over a proposed regulation of assault weapons in the town. Proponents want the selectmen to draft a law that would define assault weapons, ban their sale in the town and require...proposal, said an eventual ban on assault weapons "is not a bad idea." He said he saw...

Californians Slow to Register Assault Weapons as Deadline Nears

The Washington Post;  March 28, 1992 ;     589 words ......California's estimated 300,000 owners of assault weapons have complied with a law requiring...of about 65 types of military-style assault weapons, such as Uzis and AK-47s, in June...excuse, but not any longer." Owners of assault weapons originally were given until Dec. 31...

House outlaws 25 assault weapons But new models escape ban attempt

The Boston Globe;  February 28, 1996 ;     497 words ......voted yesterday to outlaw 25 types of assault weapons and stiffen penalties for gun-related...empowered the state to ban new models of assault weapons to replace ones that are outlawed...Senate, would create the toughest assault-weapons ban in the nation. Rep. James Brett...

Assault weapons ban lift bemoaned

Pasadena Star-News;  September 14, 2004 ;     529 words ......Monday's expiration of the federal assault weapons ban makes officers vulnerable to being...legalization of the military-style assault weapons. The law was bad legislation that...1994, banning 19 semi- automatic assault weapons. It also banned ammunition magazines...

Assault weapons are a public health problem

The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  February 28, 2004 ;     287 words ......being considered in Congress this year - assault weapons. The federal assault weapons ban will expire on Sept. 13 unless Congress...the majority of Americans support the assault weapons ban, yet firearms are one of the least...

EDITORIAL: Ban assault weapons in Illinois.(Editorial)

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  January 26, 2006 ;     483 words ......26--The federal ban on assault weapons suffered a quiet and unfortunate...kinds of semiautomatic assault weapons reduced the use of such...years before the Federal Assault Weapons Act was enacted in 1994...

Columbus City Council Unanimously Votes to Ban Assault Weapons.

PR Newswire;  July 11, 2005 ;     396 words ......other Ohio communities in banning assault weapons. Following a series of public hearings...bans the possession and transfer of assault weapons while continuing to allow the use...Individuals who lawfully owned and possessed assault weapons before the ordinance's effective date...

GOV. BLAGOJEVICH URGES TREASURER TOPINKA TO SUPPORT ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 25, 2006 ;     530 words ......her position and support a statewide assault weapons ban. The Governor believes Topinka...when he joined families of victims of assault weapons, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun...General Assembly to pass a statewide assault weapons ban. "I am writing today to urge you...

Save the Assault Weapons Ban.(OPINION)

The Christian Science Monitor;  August 24, 2004 ;     489 words ......Reagan affirmed to Congress that a ban on assault weapons was common sense public safety legislation...working to rid the streets of dangerous assault weapons, the Assault Weapons Ban was finally passed into law in 1994...

Congress must keep assault weapons ban; It will take a real leader to step...

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  August 1, 2004 ;     473 words ......Americans could see a flood of assault weapons in the marketplace. That is when the federal assault weapons ban is due to expire. Gunmakers...Congress must not let that happen. The assault weapons ban enacted by President Clinton...

CFA Urges Pres. Bush to Keep Promise to Save Assault Weapons Ban; Majority...

U.S. Newswire;  March 12, 2004 ;     440 words ......federal ban on military-style assault weapons which is set to expire on September...and the President to renew the assault weapons ban. Though the U.S. Senate recently approved renewing the assault weapons ban as an amendment to an onerous...

Kerry: With Bush Choosing to Let Assault Weapons Ban Expire, We Need New...

U.S. Newswire;  September 13, 2004 ;     700+ words ......officers and families by letting the assault weapons ban expire, Democratic presidential...Bush (part 3 of 3): BUSH BACKS OFF ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN Bush Promised to Continue The Assault Weapons Ban: From an LA Times Interview...