[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 2 (Thursday, January 5, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E50-E51]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


             INTRODUCTION OF THE GUN BAN REPEAL ACT OF 1995

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                            HON. JIM CHAPMAN

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, January 4, 1995
  Mr. CHAPMAN. Mr. Speaker, today, I am introducing--along with 21 
original cosponsors--the Gun Ban Repeal Act of 1995. I encourage 
Members to join us in cosponsoring this important legislation.
  As you know, the 103d Congress enacted the ban on so-called assault 
weapons and certain ammunition feeding devices by the narrowest of 
margins. The Gun Ban Repeal Act will undo that well-intentioned, but 
misguided, approach to combating gun violence in our society.
  My legislation will delete from Public Law the provisions which 
outlaw the specified firearms and ammunition feeding devices. This bill 
will effect no other provision of the Violent Crime Control and Law 
Enforcement Act of 1994, and it will do nothing to hinder the ability 
of the House to enact new crime control legislation. The Act simply 
serves as the proper vehicle for the majority of the membership of the 
House--both Republicans and Democrats--to remove the most objectionable 
gun control measure enacted by the previous Congress.
  [[Page E51]] I urge my colleagues to cosponsor the Gun Ban Repeal 
Act.


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