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President Bush’s pledge to extend the ban on semiautomatic assault weapons has gun owners up in arms.

The House defeated a pro-gun amendment, by a vote of 369-54, to pull the United States out of the anti-gun United Nations.
169 House Republicans voted against the amendment.

HATCH-CRAIG GUN CONTROL AMENDMENT (May 14, 1999) -


The Republican bill provided several restrictions on gun ownership. It would require background checks for any private sale at a gun show. Additionally, it would assign a U.S. attorney to every district for the purpose of harassing gun owners.

47 of 55 Republican Senators voted FOR this legislation.


BANNING PRIVATE SALES OF FIREARMS AT GUN SHOWS

This amendment would ban private sales at gun shows unless the buyer first submits to a background registration check. The amendment would also impose numerous restrictions on gun show promoters.

On May 20, 1999 , this amendment passed. Six Republicans sided with the Democrats in favoring this anti-gun legislation, resulting in a 50-50 tie vote and allowing Vice President Al Gore to cast the tie breaking vote.

BACKGROUND REGISTRATION CHECKS (May 20, 1999)-

Senators Gordon Smith (R-OR) and James Jeffords (R-VT) introduced more restrictions on gun sales with this amendment. It subjects pawnshop and repair shop transactions to the same registration and background check requirements as purchases from dealers.

The amendment passed 79-21, with 34 of 55 Senate Republicans voting FOR the gun control legislation.

OMNIBUS REPUBLICAN GUN CONTROL PACKAGE

On June 18, 1999 , the House defeated the Hyde-McCollum “Mandatory Gun Show Background Check Act” by a 280-147 vote. This bill contained many anti-gun provisions, including trigger locks, a young adult gun ban, and lifetime gun ban for certain juveniles.

137 House Republicans voted for the gun control package.

· ENFORCEMENT OF EXISTING GUN LAWS AND PROTECTION OF GUN OWNERS

Senator Trent Lott (R-MS) offered a resolution that called for more aggressive enforcement of existing gun laws, tougher penalties for gun-related crimes and protection for the rights of law-abiding gun owners. On May 17, 2000 , the non-binding vote passed 69-30.

52 of 55 Senate Republicans voted FOR more stringent enforcement of existing gun laws.

· NO U.N. GUN CONTROL ( July 18, 2001 ) –

Representative Ron Paul (R-TX) offered another amendment to withdraw the United States from the United Nations. Paul argued that the country should boycott the international gun control organization, which is actively “taking guns away from civilians”.

164 House Republicans voted against the amendment.

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Sorry about the duplicate posts.
I don't know why it did that.
It wasn't posting and I hit stop, thinking it was not working.

Moderator, please remove three of them.

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You are right. This is madness. Are these knuckleheads being bribed? Blackmailed?

Why are they deliberately undermining our right to protect ourselves and our families?