Hoosier Values 3/4/2004
Assault Weapons, Cop Killer Bullets, Gun Shows, Bankrupt Gun Makers.
In March of 2004 Indiana’s anti-gun Senators Evan "Hoosier Values" Bayh and Richard Lugar have just shown their true colors on the floor of the U.S. Senate. Under consideration was legislation, already passed in the House, that would have put an end to attempts by liberal anti-gun mayors to bankrupt the gun industry with an unending string of frivolous lawsuits.
The Senate added amendments to its version that turned this pro-gun legislation into an anti-gun travesty.
The 1994 Assault Weapons Ban is set to expire in September. Today the Senate and both our Senators voted to extend this fraudulent concept that actually increased assault weapons ownership and bans the manufacture of the high capacity 9mm handguns carried by most police departments.
The Senate and both our Senators also voted to close down gun shows by imposing requirements that no gun show owner could possibly hope to meet.
Our own Senator Bayh went even further by voting to ban as much as half of the standard ammunition used in hunting rifles because it can penetrate bullet proof vests that were never intended to stop rifle bullets. This amendment did not pass the Senate.
In fact the entire bill was voted down on the request of its sponsors because of the damage these amendments did to it.
He helped destroy a good piece of legislation, but at least we found out the kind of "New York" values Senator Bayh actually stands for.
Feinstein amendment to the gun liability bill 03/02/2004Senate Roll Call No. 24
108th Congress, 2nd SessionOn March 2, 2004, the Senate voted 52-47 in favor of the amendment offered by Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA). This amendment would extend the ban that was signed into law by President Clinton in 1994 -- a ban which outlaws certain magazines and more than 180 semi-automatic firearms. Without this legislative extension, the ban would sunset in September 2004. The Feinstein amendment passed as an amendment to S. 1805.
McCain amendment to the gun liability bill 03/02/2004
Senate Roll Call No. 25
108th Congress, 2nd Session
Senator John McCain (R-AZ) offered a gun show amendment (to S. 1805) on March 2, 2004. His language would outlaw the private sale of firearms at gun shows, unless the buyer agrees to submit to a background registration check. Also, it could effectively eliminate gun shows because every member of an organization sponsoring a gun show could be imprisoned if the organization fails to notify each and every "person who attends the special firearms event of the requirements [under the Brady Law]." Thus, if the person responsible for handing out "Brady pamphlets" took a break to go to the bathroom, everyone responsible for the event could be sent to prison. The McCain amendment passed the Senate by a vote of 53-47.
Craig/Frist Amendment 03/02/2004
Senate Roll Call No. 27
108th Congress, 2nd Session
Senators Larry Craig (R-ID) and Bill Frist (R-TN) offered this amendment to S. 1805. Among other things, the language of this provision would commission the Attorney General to determine whether the ban on so-called "cop killer" ammunition should include superior performance bullets in popular hunting calibers such as the 30-06. The amendment passed the Senate 85-12 on March 2, 2004.
When the U.S. Senate voted 65-31 to pass S.397 in 2005--the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act--and end predatory lawsuits against our firearm industry, gun owners scored their greatest legislative win since enactment of 1986`s Firearms Owners` Protection Act. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.). Sen. Bayh pledged last year to support legislation to block frivolous lawsuits against the firearm industry, and NRA sent a letter to Indiana members encouraging them to thank him. Sen. Bayh failed to honor his pledge and voted for the Reed amendment to completely gut S.397. When the Reed substitute was soundly defeated 63 to 33, Bayh voted against final passage of the bill.
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