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DetroitLegalBeagle

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1. I was a kid when it passed, but from my limited understanding

Reply to Polybius (Original post)

Fri Dec 24, 2021, 05:01 PM

Dec 2021

It was part of a larger crime bill that itself had bipartisan support. The awb needed a sunset provision in order to pass. Including the permanent ban would have sunk the whole bill, and President Clinton didn't want to drop the ban, so the 10 year sunset was the compromise to get it passed. I've read there was hope it could have been extended afterwards, but the resulting backlash and electoral defeat that followed, which many blamed on passing the AWB, pretty much ended that.

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Question about the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban (10 year ban) [View all] Polybius Dec 2021 OP

I was a kid when it passed, but from my limited understanding DetroitLegalBeagle Dec 2021 #1

The political price for the AWB was steep. PTWB Dec 2021 #3

It was part of the 1994 Crime Bill, which passed the Senate, 95 - 4 sl8 Dec 2021 #2

Here it says 52-48 Polybius Dec 2021 #4

Interesting sl8 Dec 2021 #5

I don't think so Polybius Dec 2021 #6

OK. n/t sl8 Dec 2021 #7

I think you were correct. PTWB Dec 2021 #9

This indicates it was 56 to 43 in favor of the AWB amendment. PTWB Dec 2021 #8

I think you're on the right track. sl8 Dec 2021 #10

Yes, I'm not sure what the confusion is. PTWB Dec 2021 #11

Interesting 4 no's Polybius Dec 2021 #13

That 56-4 vote in your link says "Vote Date: November 17, 1993" Polybius Dec 2021 #14

There are a lot of votes on major legislation. PTWB Dec 2021 #15

Thank you :) Polybius Dec 2021 #18

It certainly was contentious. sl8 Dec 2021 #16

In my memory, the bill accomplished very little actual accomplishment. Hangingon Dec 2021 #12

The AWB mainly dealt with cosmetic features and not actual lethality. Kaleva Dec 2021 #17