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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: "My Mom"-Daughter Of Slain Sandy Hook Principal Stars In New Hillary Clinton Ad [View all]Fla Dem
(23,654 posts)119. Yes, Bill Clinton signed the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban
The Federal Assault Weapons Ban (AWB) officially, the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act is a subsection of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, a United States federal law that included a prohibition on the manufacture for civilian use of certain semi-automatic firearms it defined as assault weapons, as well as certain ammunition magazines it defined as "large capacity."
The ten-year ban was passed by the U.S. Congress on September 13, 1994, and signed into law by President Bill Clinton the same day. The ban only applied to weapons manufactured after the date of the ban's enactment, and it expired on September 13, 2004, in accordance with its sunset provision.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Assault_Weapons_Ban
The ten-year ban was passed by the U.S. Congress on September 13, 1994, and signed into law by President Bill Clinton the same day. The ban only applied to weapons manufactured after the date of the ban's enactment, and it expired on September 13, 2004, in accordance with its sunset provision.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Assault_Weapons_Ban
Unfortunately, when it came up for renewal in 2004 Republicans blocked it.
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"My Mom"-Daughter Of Slain Sandy Hook Principal Stars In New Hillary Clinton Ad [View all]
Haveadream
Apr 2016
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NO doubt Hillary is the most anti-gun candidate. We shall see how that plays out in the GE.
jmg257
Apr 2016
#1
PRECISELY! HILLARY IS VERY GOOD AT "USING" PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUFFERED GREAT TRAGEDY!
CorporatistNation
Apr 2016
#28
Really you're equating Gadaffi's death to all those children in Sandy Hook? Despicable. nt
Fla Dem
Apr 2016
#100
You're the one who used her laughing over a the death of a murderous dictator to say
Fla Dem
Apr 2016
#106
A world leader cackling gleefull over the taking of any human life is sick.
notadmblnd
Apr 2016
#107
Madeleine Albright on 500,000 dead Iraqi children: ''We think the price is worth it.''
Octafish
Apr 2016
#109
Bernie Sanders hands are not clean. He has backed the Military Industrial Complex
Fla Dem
Apr 2016
#116
Have any video of him laughing gleefully at deaths of those whom his decisions caused?
notadmblnd
Apr 2016
#140
It does not matter what the value is. Either all life has equal value or it does not.
notadmblnd
Apr 2016
#173
If you're defining it as everyone being equal without quantification or qualification,
nolawarlock
Apr 2016
#174
HRC saved no one. In fact, her decisions made things in the Middle East worse and many many more
notadmblnd
Apr 2016
#175
Stop with your nastiness. The daughter of the slain mom wants to be heard. Shame on you
riversedge
Apr 2016
#164
It's been a major issue in just about every Presidential campaign since I can remember.
George II
Apr 2016
#99
Wrong. This is a BIG issue for HRC. You certainly won't hear from the NRA loving BS.
Fla Dem
Apr 2016
#105
If only we could believe HRC would do anything at all about this after the GE
mikehiggins
Apr 2016
#14
She has a very personal right to speak out. The NRA wants to silence their voices.
Fla Dem
Apr 2016
#118
I like Obama very much too but he didn't take action on gun control until his second term
aikoaiko
Apr 2016
#147
To politicize Hillary's vote on IWR and blame Hillary for Bush's decision would be no different
Thinkingabout
Apr 2016
#127
If HRC follows Obama's example, she won't push for any changes until after her second term election
aikoaiko
Apr 2016
#29
I don't have the same "core values" that I did 10 years ago, or 20. Does that make me evil?
IamMab
Apr 2016
#35
I'm not sure. Having had a family member killed in gun violence I can totally empathize
CTyankee
Apr 2016
#61
the fact is that the gun was too easily available. It was in the house, always loaded,
CTyankee
Apr 2016
#90
thanks honey. I spoke with the sister, my older niece because I found out that my
CTyankee
Apr 2016
#102
How about you post a link proving there's a law that bars suing pillow manufacturers?
kcr
Apr 2016
#124
Erica is beautiful, just like her mother who died trying to save the children
Haveadream
Apr 2016
#98
Does she know that Annie Oakley approved $4 million in gun sales from that manufacturer?
jfern
Apr 2016
#80
Annie Oakley has pivoted again on guns this time in Pa another of her "home states."
dr60omg
Apr 2016
#176