Latest Breaking News
In reply to the discussion: Pelosi says House will consider assault weapons ban legislation [View all]BumRushDaShow
(128,952 posts)I had been trying to find the literal "text version" of the Act or better, the text version of the included Amendment (would have made it easier to copy/paste) because congress.gov only referenced the Act "text" as being "available as a PDF" - https://www.congress.gov/bill/103rd-congress/house-bill/3355/text
There was a fascinating article that I had read that had been written (I think contemporaneous to this happening) that I have been trying to find again and it sortof had some "behind the scenes" narratives about the maneuvering and negotiating to get enough GOP votes. There were 3 things going on in 1993 & 1994 and that LA Times article (based on the date) was about the 1993 standalone Feinstein bill (thing #1) being worked on when the Brady Bill dealing with handguns (thing #2) was eventually passed and signed into law in Nov. 1993. The result of the "watering down" was what ended up as Amendment 1152 that was added to the 1994 "Crime Bill" that finally passed almost a year later (thing #3).
(sorry have been up and down to/from the basement washing clothes )