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Assault Weapons Ban -- Set to Expire on Sept 13
Ban should be extended for another 10 years

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Assault Weapons Ban -- Set to on Expire Sept 13
Ban should be extended for another 10 years


LACP Opinion

September 9, 2004

This is a no-brainer ... or it should be ...

Ten years ago, the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the President of the United States stood up for the safety of the American people and against the National Rifle Association, and passed one of the most important public safety measures this country has seen, the Federal ban on assault weapons.

That legislation was designed to dry up the supply of assault weapons over time. It was also designed so that no legitimate gun owner would lose their gun. And none have.

The ban has reduced the rate of banned assault weapons traced to crime by two-thirds, enjoys support from seventy-five percent of the American public, and has been endorsed by virtually every major law enforcement group in the nation.

The American people have supported the ban and their support has never waived. Today almost three-fourths of the American public supports the ban, as do more than two-thirds of gun owners.

Law enforcement supported the ban in 1994, and their support has never waived either. Every major law enforcement organization in the country supports renewing this ban, and countless individual chiefs of police, sheriffs, and line officers have put themselves on the line to express their support, too.

We have written extensively about this issue here at LA Community Policing.

Here's what California's two U.S. Senators and LAPD's Chief of Police have said:

U.S. Senator Feinstein Calls on President Bush to Take Active Role

by Senator Dianne Feinstein
..In a speech on the Senate Floor, Senator Feinstein called upon President Bush to actively work to pass the renewal of the ban. Unless Congress and the President act, the assault weapons ban will expire on September 13. The ban, which was approved in 1994, prohibits the domestic manufacture and import of 19 types of semi-automatic assault weapons.
Read her full speech ...
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U.S. Senator Boxer on the Assault Weapons Ban

by Senator Barbara Boxer ..
The ban on assault weapons has saved countless lives since enacted in 1994, including the lives of our brave and selfless police officers who are working to keep our communities safe. Police lobbied for this ban when it first came before Congress because they had first-hand knowledge of the unique and severe threat posed by assault weapons.
Read her full statement ...
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Chief Bratton: Renew the Assault-Weapons Ban

by LAPD Chief William Bratton
..In an open letter that appeared in the Daily News, Chief Bratton calls for the renewal of the Assault-Weapons Ban, which is soon to expire. His voice joins that of many nationwide law enforcement officials, as well as politicians at the local, State and Federal levels. We have written extensively about this issue here at LA Community Policing.
Read the Chief's letter ...

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Assault Weapons Ban -- the bill


The Violent Crime Control and
Law Enforcement Act of 1994


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