FIREARMS see also Weapons

Addresses

Why the Police Need Handgun Control: Patrick V. Murphy, 417 [25JA], 9545 [12AP]

Analyses

Armor-Piercing Ammunition Manufacture and Importation (S. 2766), 16564 [14JN]

Articles and editorials

Armor-Piercing Bullets (sundry), 16567-16569 [14JN]

Assassin's Weapon, 152 [23JA]

Ban the Bad Bullets, 1350 [1FE]

Bulletproof Saves Life of Policeman, 7617 [3AP]

Bulletproof Vest Saves Cop From a Sniper, 1149 [31JA]

Can We Deny Citizens Both Guns and Protection?, 3051 [22FE]

Gun Ban Sponsor Nominated for Vice President, 30340, 30726 [5OC]

Police Officer Saved by Bulletproof Vest (excerpt), 7771 [4AP]

Swiss Rigidly Control Guns—They All Own, but Also Respect, Firearms, 16796 [15JN]

``Tough'' Marion Offered Fugitives Only a Fusillade, 12849 [17MY]

2 Cops Wounded in Schoolyard Gun Duel, 7618 [3AP]

Welcome Change! NRA Will Back Ban on Cop-Killer Slugs, 20421 [29JN]

Why the Police Need Gun Control, Patrick V. Murphy, 417 [25JA], 9545 [12AP]

Bills and resolutions

Armor-piercing ammunition: regulate manufacture and importation (see S. 2766; H.R. 5835, 5844, 5845)

Bulgaria: abuses of Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under cover of TIR Carnets (see S. Con. Res. 131; H. Con. Res. 337)

Constitution: reaffirm individual's right to bear arms (see H. Con. Res. 311)

Courts: mandatory penalty in Federal felonies (see H.R. 5320)

Crime and criminals: additional tax for compensation of victims (see H.R. 4725)

———enhanced penalties for consecutive convictions of burglaries or robberies (see H.R. 6248)

Foreign diplomats: penalty for commission of certain felony (see S. 2730, 2771; H.R. 5928)

———renegotiate Vienna Convention to eliminate immunity in case of certain assaults (see S. Res. 395)

Prisons: penalty for providing or possessing contraband (see H.R. 5477)

Right to keep and bear arms: defense of life or liberty and pursuit of legitimate endeavors (see H. Con. Res. 343)

———reaffirm constitutional intent (see H. Con. Res. 311)

Taxation: compensation of crime victims (see H.R. 4725)

Colloquies

Importation of firearms as curios and relics: Senators Dole, Kennedy, Proxmire, and Hatfield (1982), 4272 [2MR]

Letters

Importation of firearms as curios and relics: Ohio Gun Collectors Association, 4272 [2MR]

Proposed export of bulletproof vests to Syria: Sec. of Commerce Baldrige (excerpt), 5031 [8MR]

Regulating manufacture and importation of armor-piercing bullets: Bruce E. Thompson, Jr., 16564 [14JN]

———National Rifle Association, 29031 [3OC]

———Robert A. McConnell, 16564 [14JN]

———Wayne LaPierre for the National Rifle Association of America, 29700 [4OC]

Lists

Officers killed in the line of duty 1983, 12330 [15MY]

Organizations supporting ban on armor-piercing bullets, 1349 [1FE]

Memorials of legislature

Illinois, 21057 [25JY], 21384 [27JY]

New York, 15244 [6JN], 16567 [14JN]

Delaware, 30254 [4OC]

Petitions

Armor-piercing bullets: New York, NY, City Council, 16567 [14JN]

Remarks in House

Armed Career Criminal Act: enact (H.R. 6248), 28095 [1OC]

Armor-piercing bullets: ban, 10727 [2MY], 12039 [14MY], 27185 [26SE]

———ban (H.R. 953), 7617 [3AP], 7771 [4AP], 12330 [15MY], 15244 [6JN]

———ban manufacture, importation, and sale (H.R. 6067), 23600 [9AU], 24155 [10AU], 27619 [27SE]

———National Rifle Association position on proposed ban, 5196 [13MR]

———regulate manufacture and importation (H.R. 5835), 16339, 16625 [14JN], 17626 [20JN]

———regulate manufacture and importation (H.R. 5845), 16440 [14JN], 17626 [20JN], 20421 [29JN], 27619 [27SE]

Bulgaria: abuse of the Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods Under Cover of TIR Carnets (H. Con. Res. 337), 28078, 28079 [1OC], 28802 [2OC]

Bulletproof vest: reduction in police death rate, 7617 [3AP]

Foreign diplomats: penalty for use of firearm to commit felony (H.R. 5928), 18998 [26JN]

Handgun Crime Control Act: enact (H.R. 1543), 16796 [15JN]

Handguns: anticrime proposals, 14737 [31MY]

———crime control (H.R. 1543), 15253 [6JN]

Law Enforcement Protection Act: enact (H.R. 5845), 17626 [20JN], 20421 [29JN], 27619 [27SE]

———introduction (H.R. 5845), 16440 [14JN]

National Rifle Association: position on proposed ban of armor-piercing bullets, 5196 [13MR]

Penalties: mandatory conviction for using firearms during a Federal felony (H.R. 2193), 29998 [4OC]

Police Memorial Day: observance, 12330 [15MY]

Sportsmen: response to proposed ban of certain firearms, 30339 [5OC]

Strengthen right to bear arms (H. Con. Res. 311), 13989 [23MY]

Remarks in Senate

Armed Career Criminal Act: enact (H.R. 6248), 29931 [4OC]

———outlaw (S. 555), 1349 [1FE]

Armor-piercing bullets: ban, 29029-29033 [3OC], 29699 [4OC]

———regulate manufacture and importation (S. 2766), 16563, 16565, 16566, 16570 [14JN]

———regulate manufacture and importation (S. 2766), star print, 17612 [20JN]

———regulate manufacture and importation (see H.R. 6067)

Bulgaria: abuses of Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under cover of TIR Carnets (S. Con. Res. 131), 22136 [2AU]

Foreign diplomats: penalty for use of firearm to commit a felony (S. 2730), 15043 [6JN]

———penalty for use of firearm to commit felony (S. 2771), 16669 [15JN]

Handguns: control, 417 [25JA]

———right to bear arms, 27490 [27SE]

Imports: curios and relics classification, 4271 [2MR]

Ireland, Northern: use of plastic bullets, 30628 [5OC], 32093 [11OC]

Law enforcement officers: Cleveland, OH, report relative to use of deadly force, 24952 [12SE]

Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act: enact (S. 555), 1349 [1FE]

Reports

Criminal Penalty Improvement for Contraband and Riots in Federal Prisons: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 5910) (H. Rept. 98-908), 21056 [25JY]

Handguns and Hunting (excerpt), 31681 [10OC]

Manufacture and Importation of Armor-Piercing Ammunition Regulation: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 6067) (H. Rept. 98-996), 24533 [6SE]

Statements

Armor-Piercing Bullet Ban: Donald E. Fraher, Handgun Control, Inc., 9350 [12AP]

———J. Warren Cassidy, National Rifle Association, 9354 [12AP]

———Representative Biaggi, 9352-9354 [12AP]

———Senator Moynihan, 9348 [12AP]

Handgun Control: Lois Hess, Handgun Control, Inc., 17883 [21JN]

Success of Bullet-Resistant Body Armor: E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., 7617 [3AP]

Testimonies

Armor-Piercing Bullets: Regulating Manufacture and Importation (S. 2766): Senator Biden, 16565 [14JN]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 337, Bulgaria's abuses of the Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods Under Cover of TIR Carnets in transportation of narcotics, arms, and terrorists, 28078 [1OC]

H.R. 5835, regulate manufacture and importation of armor-piercing bullets, 16625 [14JN]

H.R. 6248, Armed Career Criminal Act, 28095 [1OC]

S. 2730, penalty for use of firearm to commit a felony by foreign diplomats, 15043 [6JN]

S. 2766, regulate manufacture and importation of armor-piercing bullets, 16563 [14JN]

S. Con. Res. 131, relating to Bulgarian abuses of Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under cover of TIR Carnets, 22136 [2AU]

S. Res. 395, renegotiate Vienna Convention to eliminate immunity for foreign diplomats in case of assaults with firearms or explosives, 15051 [6JN]