Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
A resolution from a group of anti-gun congressmen and congresswomen railing against so-called gun violence while at the same time calling for much more stringent gun-control measures. This measure is being mentally open ended vehement anti-gun rhetoric!
Title: Expressing disapproval over the gun violence plaguing America's communities, and calling on the Congress to enact comprehensive gun reforms that reduce gun violence.
Subject: Business records: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation: Criminal justice information and records: Firearms and explosives: Government information and archives: Retail and wholesale trades: State and local government operations: Violent crime: Crime and law enforcement
Description: Expresses support for the President's Plan to Reduce Gun Violence. Urges: (1) Congress to enact legislation based on the President's recommendations to reduce gun violence, (2) state legislatures to reject proposed stand-your-ground legislation, and (3) states to repeal enacted stand-your-ground laws. Condemns: (1) gun violence, (2) relevant parties for their roles in obstructing the ability of communities to be safe from gun violence and in proposing stand-your-ground legislation and similar legislation that compromises public safety and the integrity of the prosecutorial system, and (3) all efforts to weaken gun laws and proposals that stand in the way of comprehensive gun law reform.
Session: 113th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Last Action Date: September 13, 2013
Link: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:HE00318:@@@L&summ2=m&
Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.
33 sponsors: Robin Kelly; Bass, Karen; Bishop, Sanford D., Jr.; Brown, Corrine; Carson, Andre; Christensen, Donna M.; Clarke, Yvette D.; Clay, Wm. Lacy; Cleaver, Emanuel; Cummings, Elijah E.; Davis, Danny K.; Edwards, Donna F.; Ellison, Keith; Fudge, Marcia L.; Hastings, Alcee L.; Jackson-Lee, Sheila; Jeffries, Hakeem S.; Johnson, Eddie Bernice; Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr.; Lee, Barbara; Lewis, John; Meeks, Gregory W.; Moore, Gwen; Norton, Eleanor Holmes; Payne, Donald, Jr.; Rangel, Charles B.; Richmond, Cedric L.; Rush, Bobby L.; Scott, David; Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"; Thompson, Bennie G.; Waters, Maxine; Wilson, Frederica S.
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Sep 13 2013 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. |
| House | Jul 25 2013 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5053) |
| House | Jul 25 2013 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jul 25 2013 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations
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