Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 09:49:34 -0500
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From: Tanya Metaksa <[REDACTED] at [nra.org]>
Subject: Repeal vote information
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Vol. 3, No. 13 3/22/96
VICTORY IN THE HOUSE!
EARLIER TODAY, THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES VOTED TO REPEAL
THE 1994 CLINTON GUN AND MAGAZINE BAN! On a bi-partisan 239 to 173
vote, lawmakers put the interests of law-abiding gun owners ahead of the
political posturing of Bill Clinton and his anti-gun allies in the House.
This historic vote marks the first time in a decade that Congress has
reaffirmed the rights of gun owners and the value of the Second Amendment.
The bill, H.R. 125, does more than just repeal the Clinton gun ban, it also
increases penalties for criminals who use firearms in the commission of a
crime. Leading the charge was pro-gun Rep. Bob Barr (R-Ga.), whose
tireless efforts made this long-awaited and critical vote possible.
Interestingly, rather than focusing debate on the merits of the gun ban,
the anti-gunners set their sights on the National Rifle Association. In
fact, just about every politician who rose in opposition to repeal did so
not based on any facts or studies, but on the grounds that NRA supported
the repeal effort. Perhaps that's because all legitimate research proves
that gun bans are ineffective as crime control measures, and do not prevent
criminals from obtaining guns. Many thanks are owed Rep. Barr for his
tenacious leadership in pushing this important bill through, as well as
Reps. Gerald Solomon (R-N.Y.), Jim Chapman (D-Tex.), Steve Schiff (R-N.M.),
Steve Buyer (R-Ind.), Bob Wise (D-W.V.), John Hostettler (R-Ind.), Roscoe
Bartlett (R-Md.), Bill Brewster (D-Okla.) and Fred Heineman (R-N.C.). And
many thanks to you -- our volunteers and members across the country --
whose hard work and efforts made this victory possible. NRA will now work
with Senate leaders to determine the most effective strategy to secure
final passage of this bill.
ACTION ALERT: The following page lists the roll-call vote on H.R.
125. A "YES" vote indicates support for repealing the Clinton gun ban.
These lawmakers are bound to feel the heat from the anti-gun media, so it's
critical that we now support those who supported our rights. If your
Representative voted "YES" on repeal, please: (1) Thank your Representative
for the vote and pledge your support at the ballot box this fall; (2) Write
a letter-to-the-editor to your local paper and publicly thank your
Representative for his support, and (3) Call your local radio talk-shows
and publicly thank your Representative for standing on the side of freedom!
Be sure to encourage your family, friends and fellow gun owners to do so as
well.
THREE STRIKES FOR CLINTON: It wasn't a good day for Bill Clinton. Not
only did the U.S. House of Representatives vote to repeal his 1994 gun and
magazine ban, but two court decisions were handed down today declaring "gun
control" laws unconstitutional. In the first case, the U.S. District Court
for the Southern District of Ohio found that the Columbus, Ohio gun ban
was unconstitutionally vague in part because the definitions of so-called
assault weapons do not give sufficient notice to gun owners as to what guns
are actually banned under the law. The second case dealt yet another blow
to the Brady Act. Joining federal judges in five states, the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that Congress has no power to
commandeer state officials to conduct background checks on perspective
handgun purchasers.
DELEGATES DELIVER DOLE: With a clean sweep in Tuesday's presidential
primary elections, Senator Bob Dole (R-Kan.) secured enough delegate
votes to put him "over the top" in his quest to become the GOP
presidential nominee. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Sen. Dole
will be pitted against "the most anti-gun President in history" in the
fall showdown. AND SPEAKING OF SEN. DOLE...: While media reports have
been swirling that Sen. Dole promised Senator Dianne Feinstein not to
schedule any repeal vote, Dole's office has vehemently denied this
allegation. We'll keep you posted!
A LOOK AT THE STATES: VICTORIES FOR GUN OWNERS: Georgia: Gov. Miller
has signed SB 678, NRA-backed right to carry reform legislation, into law!
SB 678 clarifies the manner in which firearms may legally be carried by
valid permit holders and requires Georgia to recognize out-of-state permits
held by nonresidents if the permit is issued by a state which, in turn,
recognizes Georgia permits.
Kentucky: The House concurred with Senate amendments to HB 40, NRA-backed
right to carry legislation, and Gov. Patton is expected to sign the bill
into law next Friday.
ACTION AHEAD:
Arizona: The House States' Rights & Mandates Committee passed SB 1099, the
NRA-backed right to carry reform bill which makes it legal to carry in
restaurants (establishments whose main business is not the sale of alcohol)
and allows DPS to enter into reciprocal agreements for honoring carry
permits issued by other states. Please contact your State Reps & urge them
to support SB 1099.
Louisiana: The legislature will convene Sunday, March 24, for its special
session to consider, among other bills, NRA-backed right to carry reform
legislation. It is expected that the measure will be addressed during the
first week of the session. Please call your State Senators & State Reps &
urge them to support our right to self-defense.
Maryland: An amended version of SB 215, Gov. Glendening's omnibus gun
control bill, passed the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee on a 6-5
vote. Committee chair Sen. Baker & Sen. Middlebrooks provided the deciding
"YEA" votes. Although firearms registration and gun owner licensing
schemes were rejected, the committee did approve limiting law-abiding
citizens to one handgun purchase a month and requiring all private handgun
transfers to be conducted through a licensed dealer or the State Police
(making them subject to payment of a transfer fee and the seven-day waiting
period.) The bill now moves to the full Senate, which is scheduled to vote
on the measure on March 26. Please call your State Senators & Delegates &
urge them to reject these proposals.
West Virginia: Gov. Caperton will sign HB 4077, an NRA-backed bill moving
issuing authority for carry permits to county sheriffs, on March 25.
However, he is still undecided on HB 4484, an NRA-supported measure which
strengthens the state firearms preemption statute. Please call the
Governor's office at (304) 558-2000 and urge him to sign HB 4484 into law!
ROLL CALL VOTE O H.R.125 -- CLINTON GUN BAN REPEAL
Alaska Prty CD Vote
Don Young R 1 Y
Alabama
Sonny Callahan R 1 Y
Terry Everett R 2 Y
Glen Browder D 3 Y
Tom Bevill D 4 Y
Robert E. Cramer D 5 Y
Spencer Bachus R 6 Y
Earl F. Hilliard D 7 Y
Arkansas
Blanche Lincoln D 1 N
Ray Thornton D 2 Y
Tim Hutchinson R 3 Y
Jay Dickey R 4 Y
Arizona
Matt Salmon R 1 Y
Ed Pastor D 2 N
Bob Stump R 3 Y
John Shadegg R 4 Y
Jim Kolbe R 5 Y
J.D. Hayworth R 6 Y
California
Frank Riggs R 1 Y
Wally Herger R 2 Y
Vic Fazio D 3 N
John T. Doolittle R 4 Y
Robert T. Matsui D 5 N
Lynn Woolsey D 6 N
George Miller D 7 N
Nancy Pelosi D 8 N
Ronald V. Dellums D 9 N
Bill Baker R 10 Y
Richard W. Pombo R 11 Y
Tom Lantos D 12 N
Pete Stark D 13 -
Anna G. Eshoo D 14 N
Tom Campbell R 15 N
Zoe Lofgren D 16 N
Sam Farr D 17 N
Gary A. Condit D 18 N
George P. Radanovich R 19 -
Cal Dooley D 20 N
Bill Thomas R 21 Y
Andrea Seastrand R 22 Y
Elton Gallegly R 23 Y
Anthony C. Beilenson D 24 N
Howard P. McKeon R 25 -
Howard L. Berman D 26 N
Carlos J. Moorhead R 27 -
David Dreier R 28 -
Henry A. Waxman D 29 N
Xavier Becerra D 30 N
Matthew G. Martinez D 31 N
Julian C. Dixon D 32 N
Lucille Roybal-Allard D 33 N
Esteban E. Torres D 34 N
Maxine Waters D 35 -
Jane Harman D 36 N
Steve Horn R 38 N
Ed Royce R 39 Y
Jerry Lewis R 40 -
Jay C. Kim R 41 Y
George E. Brown Jr. D 42 N
Ken Calvert R 43 -
Sonny Bono R 44 Y
Dana Rohrabacher R 45 Y
Robert K. Dornan R 46 Y
Christopher Cox R 47 -
Ron Packard R 48 Y
Brian P. Bilbray R 49 N
Bob Filner D 50 N
Randy Cunningham R 51 -
Duncan Hunter R 52 Y
Colorado
Patricia Schroeder D 1 -
David E. Skaggs D 2 N
Scott McInnis R 3 Y
Wayne Allard R 4 Y
Joel Hefley R 5 Y
Dan Schaefer R 6 Y
Connecticut
Barbara B. Kennelly D 1 N
Sam Gejdenson D 2 N
Rosa DeLauro D 3 N
Christopher Shays R 4 N
Gary A. Franks R 5 Y
Nancy L. Johnson R 6 N
Delaware
Michael N. Castle R 1 N
Florida
Joe Scarborough R 1 Y
Pete Peterson D 2 Y
Corrine Brown D 3 N
Tillie Fowler R 4 Y
Karen L. Thurman D 5 Y
Cliff Stearns R 6 Y
John L. Mica R 7 Y
Bill McCollum R 8 Y
Michael Bilirakis R 9 Y
C.W. Bill Young D 10 N
Sam M. Gibbons D 11 -
Charles T. Canady R 12 Y
Dan Miller R 13 N
Porter J. Goss R 14 Y
Dave Weldon R 15 Y
Mark Foley R 16 Y
Carrie P. Meek D 17 N
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 18 N
Harry A. Johnston D 19 -
Peter Deutsch D 20 N
Lincoln Diaz-Balart R 21 Y
E. Clay Shaw Jr. R 22 -
Alcee L. Hastings D 23 N
Georgia
Jack Kingston R 1 Y
Sanford D. Bishop Jr. D 2 Y
Mac Collins R 3 Y
John Linder R 4 Y
John Lewis D 5 N
Newt Gingrich R 6 X
Bob Barr R 7 Y
Saxby Chambliss R 8 Y
Nathan Deal R 9 Y
Charlie Norwood R 10 Y
Cynthia A. McKinney D 11 N
Hawaii
Neil Abercrombie D 1 N
Patsy T. Mink D 2 N
Iowa
Jim Leach R 1 N
Jim Nussle R 2 Y
Jim Ross Lightfoot R 3 Y
Greg Ganske R 4 N
Tom Latham R 5 Y
Idaho
Helen Chenoweth R 1 Y
Michael D. Crapo R 2 Y
Illinois
Bobby L. Rush D 1 N
Jesse Jackson Jr. D 2 N
William O. Lipinski D 3 N
Luis V. Gutierrez D 4 N
Michael Patrick Flanagan R 5 Y
Henry J. Hyde R 6 N
Cardiss Collins D 7 -
Philip M. Crane R 8 Y
Sidney R. Yates D 9 N
John Edward Porter R 10 N
Jerry Weller R 11 Y
Jerry F. Costello D 12 Y
Harris W. Fawell R 13 N
Dennis Hastert R 14 Y
Thomas W. Ewing R 15 Y
Donald Manzullo R 16 Y
Lane Evans D 17 N
Ray LaHood R 18 Y
Glenn Poshard D 19 Y
Richard J. Durbin D 20 N
Indiana
Peter J. Visclosky D 1 N
David M. McIntosh R 2 Y
Tim Roemer D 3 N
Mark Souder R 4 Y
Steve Buyer R 5 Y
Dan Burton R 6 Y
John T. Myers R 7 -
John Hostettler R 8 Y
Lee H. Hamilton D 9 Y
Andrew Jacobs Jr. D 10 N
Kansas
Pat Roberts R 1 Y
Sam Brownback R 2 Y
Jan Meyers R 3 N
Todd Tiahrt R 4 Y
Kentucky
Edward Whitfield R 1 Y
Ron Lewis R 2 Y
Mike Ward D 3 N
Jim Bunning R 4 Y
Harold Rogers R 5 Y
Scotty Baesler D 6 N
Louisiana
Robert L. Livingston R 1 Y
William J. Jefferson D 2 N
W.J. Tauzin R 3 Y
Cleo Fields D 4 N
Jim McCrery R 5 Y
Richard H. Baker R 6 Y
Jimmy Hayes R 7 Y
Massachusetts
John W. Olver D 1 N
Richard E. Neal D 2 N
Peter I. Blute R 3 N
Barney Frank D 4 N
Martin T. Meehan D 5 N
Peter G. Torkildsen R 6 N
Edward J. Markey D 7 N
Joseph P. Kennedy II D 8 N
Joe Moakley D 9 -
Gerry E. Studds D 10 N
Maryland
Wayne T. Gilchrest R 1 N
Robert Ehrlich Jr. R 2 Y
Benjamin L. Cardin D 3 N
Albert R. Wynn D 4 N
Steny H. Hoyer D 5 N
Roscoe G. Bartlett R 6 Y
Constance A. Morella R 8 N
Maine
James B. Longley Jr. R 1 Y
John Baldacci D 2 Y
Michigan
Bart Stupak D 1 Y
Peter Hoekstra R 2 Y
Vernon J. Ehlers R 3 Y
Dave Camp R 4 Y
James A. Barcia D 5 Y
Fred Upton R 6 Y
Nick Smith R 7 Y
Dick Chrysler R 8 Y
Dale E. Kildee D 9 N
David E. Bonior D 10 N
Joe Knollenberg R 11 Y
Sander M. Levin D 12 N
Lynn Rivers D 13 N
John Conyers Jr. D 14 N
Barbara-Rose Collins D 15 N
John D. Dingell D 16 Y
Minnesota
Gil Gutknecht R 1 Y
David Minge D 2 N
Jim Ramstad R 3 N
Bruce F. Vento D 4 N
Martin Olav Sabo D 5 N
William P. Luther D 6 N
Collin C. Peterson D 7 Y
James L. Oberstar D 8 Y
Missouri
William L. Clay D 1 -
James M. Talent R 2 Y
Richard A. Gephardt D 3 N
Ike Skelton D 4 Y
Karen McCarthy D 5 N
Pat Danner D 6 Y
Mel Hancock R 7 Y
Bill Emerson R 8 Y
Harold L. Volkmer D 9 Y
Mississippi
Roger Wicker R 1 Y
Bennie Thompson D 2 N
G.V. Montgomery D 3 Y
Mike Parker R 4 Y
Gene Taylor D 5 Y
Montana
Pat Williams D 1 Y
Nebraska
Doug Bereuter R 1 N
Jon Christensen R 2 Y
Bill Barrett R 3 Y
New Hampshire
Bill Zeliff R 1 Y
Charles Bass R 2 Y
New Jersey
Robert E. Andrews D 1 N
Frank A. LoBiondo R 2 Y
H. James Saxton R 3 N
Christopher H. Smith R 4 N
Marge Roukema R 5 N
Frank Pallone Jr. D 6 N
Bob Franks R 7 N
Bill Martini R 8 N
Robert G. Torricelli D 9 N
Donald M. Payne D 10 N
Rodney Frelinghuysen R 11 N
Dick Zimmer R 12 N
Robert Menendez D 13 N
New Mexico
Steven H. Schiff R 1 Y
Joe Skeen R 2 Y
Bill Richardson D 3 Y
Nevada
John Ensign R 1 Y
Barbara F. Vucanovich R 2 Y
New York
Michael P. Forbes R 1 Y
Rick A. Lazio R 2 N
Peter T. King R 3 N
Daniel Frisa R 4 Y
Gary L. Ackerman D 5 N
Floyd H. Flake D 6 N
Thomas J. Manton D 7 N
Jerrold Nadler D 8 N
Charles E. Schumer D 9 N
Edolphus Towns D 10 N
Major R. Owens D 11 N
Nydia M. Velazquez D 12 N
Susan Molinari R 13 N
Carolyn B. Maloney D 14 N
Charles B. Rangel D 15 N
Jose E. Serrano D 16 N
Eliot L. Engel D 17 N
Nita M. Lowey D 18 N
Sue W. Kelly R 19 Y
Benjamin A. Gilman R 20 Y
Michael R. McNulty D 21 N
Gerald B.H. Solomon R 22 Y
Sherwood Boehlert R 23 N
John M. McHugh R 24 Y
James T. Walsh R 25 Y
Maurice D. Hinchey D 26 Y
Bill Paxon R 27 Y
Louise M. Slaughter D 28 N
John J. LaFalce D 29 N
Jack Quinn R 30 N
Amo Houghton R 31 N
North Carolina
Eva Clayton D 1 N
David Funderburk R 2 Y
Walter B. Jones Jr. R 3 Y
Fred Heineman R 4 Y
Richard M. Burr R 5 Y
Howard Coble R 6 Y
Charlie Rose D 7 Y
W.G. Hefner D 8 Y
Sue Myrick R 9 Y
Cass Ballenger R 10 Y
Charles H. Taylor R 11 Y
Melvin Watt D 12 N
North Dakota
Earl Pomeroy D 1 N
Ohio
Steve Chabot R 1 Y
Rob Portman R 2 Y
Tony P. Hall D 3 N
Michael G. Oxley R 4 Y
Paul E. Gillmor R 5 Y
Frank A. Cremeans R 6 Y
David L. Hobson R 7 Y
John A. Boehner R 8 Y
Marcy Kaptur D 9 N
Martin R. Hoke R 10 Y
Louis Stokes D 11 -
John R. Kasich R 12 N
Sherrod Brown D 13 N
Tom Sawyer D 14 N
Deborah Pryce R 15 N
Ralph Regula R 16 Y
James A. Traficant Jr. D 17 N
Bob Ney R 18 Y
Steven C. LaTourette R 19 Y
Oklahoma
Steve Largent R 1 Y
Tom Coburn R 2 Y
Bill Brewster D 3 Y
J.C. Watts R 4 Y
Ernest Jim Istook Jr. R 5 Y
Frank D. Lucas R 6 Y
Oregon
Elizabeth Furse D 1 N
Wes Cooley R 2 Y
Peter A. DeFazio D 4 N
Jim Bunn R 5 Y
Pennsylvania
Thomas M. Foglietta D 1 N
Chaka Fattah D 2 N
Robert A. Borski D 3 N
Ron Klink D 4 Y
William F. Clinger R 5 Y
Tim Holden D 6 Y
Curt Weldon R 7 Y
James C. Greenwood R 8 N
Bud Shuster R 9 Y
Joseph M. McDade R 10 N
Paul E. Kanjorski D 11 Y
John P. Murtha D 12 Y
Jon D. Fox R 13 N
William J. Coyne D 14 N
Paul McHale D 15 N
Robert S. Walker R 16 Y
George W. Gekas R 17 Y
Mike Doyle D 18 N
Bill Goodling R 19 Y
Frank R. Mascara D 20 Y
Phil English R 21 Y
Rhode Island
Patrick J. Kennedy D 1 N
Jack Reed D 2 N
South Carolina
Mark Sanford R 1 Y
Floyd D. Spence R 2 Y
Lindsey Graham R 3 Y
Bob Inglis R 4 Y
John M. Spratt Jr. D 5 N
James E. Clyburn D 6 N
South Dakota
Tim Johnson D 1 Y
Tennesee
James H. Quillen R 1 Y
John J. Duncan Jr. R 2 Y
Zach Wamp R 3 Y
Van Hilleary R 4 Y
Bob Clement D 5 Y
Bart Gordon D 6 Y
Ed Bryant R 7 Y
John Tanner D 8 Y
Harold E. Ford D 9 N
Texas
Jim Chapman D 1 Y
Charles Wilson D 2 Y
Sam Johnson R 3 Y
Ralph M. Hall D 4 Y
John Bryant D 5 N
Joe L. Barton R 6 Y
Bill Archer R 7 Y
Jack Fields R 8 Y
Steve Stockman R 9 Y
Lloyd Doggett D 10 N
Chet Edwards D 11 N
Pete Geren D 12 Y
William M. Thornberry R 13 Y
Greg Laughlin R 14 Y
E. de la Garza D 15 Y
Ronald D. Coleman D 16 N
Charles W. Stenholm D 17 Y
Sheila Jackson-Lee D 18 N
Larry Combest R 19 Y
Henry B. Gonzalez D 20 N
Lamar Smith R 21 Y
Tom DeLay R 22 Y
Henry Bonilla R 23 Y
Martin Frost D 24 Y
Ken Bentsen D 25 N
Dick Armey R 26 Y
Solomon P. Ortiz D 27 Y
Frank Tejeda D 28 Y
Gene Green D 29 Y
Eddie Bernice Johnson D 30 N
Utah
James V. Hansen R 1 Y
Enid Greene Waldholtz R 2 Y
Bill Orton D 3 Y
Virginia
Herbert H. Bateman R 1 N
Owen B. Pickett D 2 Y
Robert C. Scott D 3 N
Norman Sisisky D 4 Y
L.F. Payne Jr. D 5 Y
Robert W. Goodlatte R 6 Y
Thomas J. Bliley Jr. R 7 Y
James P. Moran D 8 N
Rick Boucher D 9 Y
Frank R. Wolf R 10 Y
Thomas M. Davis III R 11 N
Vermont
Bernard Sanders I 1 N
Washington
Rick White R 1 Y
Jack Metcalf R 2 Y
Linda Smith R 3 Y
Richard Hastings R 4 Y
George Nethercutt R 5 Y
Norm Dicks D 6 N
Jim McDermott D 7 N
Jennifer Dunn R 8 Y
Randy Tate R 9 Y
Wisconsin
Mark W. Neumann R 1 Y
Scott L. Klug R 2 N
Steve Gunderson R 3 Y
Gerald D. Kleczka D 4 N
Thomas M. Barrett D 5 N
Tom Petri R 6 Y
David R. Obey D 7 Y
Toby Roth R 8 Y
F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. R 9 Y
West Virginia
Alan B. Mollohan D 1 Y
Bob Wise D 2 Y
Nick J. Rahall II D 3 Y
Wyoming
Barbara Cubin R 1 Y
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