Saint Rick is going to need to go to confession after this one.
Here is part of the text for the “Affordable Education Act” of 2000, which Sweater Vest the Mighty voted for:
SEC. 507. REDUCTION IN SCHOOL VIOLENCE.
(a) SHORT TITLE- This section may be cited as the `School Violence Reduction Act’.
(b) FINDINGS- Congress finds that:
(1) Every school child in America has a right to a safe learning environment free from guns and violence.
(2) The United States Department of Education report on the Implementation of the Gun-Free Schools Act found that 3,930 children were expelled for bringing guns to school during the 1997-98 school year.
(3) Nationwide, 57 percent of the expulsions were high school students, 33 percent were in junior high and 10 percent were in elementary school.
(c) GRANTS- The Secretary of Education shall award grants to elementary and secondary schools (as such terms are defined in section 14101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801)) to enable such schools to—
(1) develop and disseminate model programs to reduce violence in schools,
(2) educate students about the dangers associated with guns, and
(3) provide violence prevention information (including information about safe gun storage) to children and their parents.
(d) APPLICATION- To be eligible to receive a grant under subsection (b), an elementary or secondary school shall prepare and submit to the Secretary of Education an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.
(e) PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS- The Secretary of Education shall provide for the development and dissemination of public service announcements and other information on ways to reduce violence in our Nation’s schools, including safe gun storage and other measures.
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS- For the purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated funds of up to $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the four succeeding fiscal years.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c106:2:./temp/~c106yZenPk:e80015:
Your boy Romney on the other hand signed a gun ban.