FIREARMS

Articles and editorials

Local View—Gun Advocates Ignore Lessons of Columbine, S3694 [27AP]

Mr. Vice President, It's Time To Go, E218 [28FE]

New Gun Argument—Mayors Turn the Political Issue to Saving Lives, E691 [3MY]

Bills and resolutions

ATF: modernize and reform (see H.R. 5092), H1561 [5AP]

Aviation: permit certain local law enforcement officers to carry firearms on aircraft (see S. 3621), S6786 [29JN]

Disasters: prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies (see S. 2599), S3378 [7AP] (see H.R. 5013), H1195 [28MR]

Government regulations: require microstamping of all firearms manufactured in or imported into the U.S., and ballistic testing of all firearms in Federal custody (see H.R. 5073), H1395 [3AP]

Interstate commerce: amend requirement that interstate firearms sales by Federal firearms licensees be made in accordance with the State law of the purchaser (see H.R. 5551), H3496 [7JN]

Law enforcement: improve tracking of stolen firearms and firearms used in a crime, allow more frequent inspections of gun dealers, and enhance penalties for gun trafficking (see S. 2629), S3420 [24AP]

———permit access to certain information in the Firearms Trace System (see S. 2460), S2415 [27MR] (see H.R. 5033), H1196 [28MR]

Safety: make technical changes to Federal firearms laws (see H.R. 5005), H1129 [16MR]

States: allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in all States and exempt current and former law enforcement officers from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see S. 3275), S5341 [26MY]

Letters

Ensure of greater security for U.S. seaports: Kurt Nagle, American Association of Port Authorities, S7308 [11JY]

Hunting accident involving Vice President Cheney: Terry C. Plauch, E388 [16MR]

Safer Skies Act: William J. Johnson, National Association of Police Organizations, Inc., S6806 [29JN]

Poems

``Angry Voice Three: Blacks Need More Guns,'' Representative Owens, E434 [28MR]

Remarks in House

ATF: funding, H4652, H4653 [27JN]

Business and industry: business efforts to ban guns on their private property, H241 [14FE]

Cheney, Vice President: evaluation of behavior following hunting accident at Armstrong Ranch in Texas, H299 [15FE], E217 [28FE], E388 [16MR]

Children and youth: create programs to halt the rising rate of violence among girls, H279 [15FE]

Courts: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (H.R. 800), H241 [14FE]

Crime: prevent violent career criminals from being released from prison, H943 [14MR]

———prohibit transfer to or possession of a firearm by any individual convicted of sex offense against a minor, H679 [8MR]

Crmie: rate of gun sales relative to decline in gun-related crimes and gun accidents, H3912 [14JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: cargo container security initiatives funding, H1076-H1079 [16MR], H1638 [6AP], H2062, H2063 [3MY]

Dept. of Justice: National Integrated Ballistic Information Network Program funding, H601 [7MR]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms, H3912 [14JN]

Economy: study economic impact of violence, H1423 [4AP], H1706 [25AP]

FBI: improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (H.R. 1415), H419 [28FE], H1125 [16MR], H3979 [14JN]

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports, H475 [1MR], H513, H514, H553, H557 [2MR], H615, H624-H627 [7MR], H647, H648, H650, H730 [8MR], H859 [9MR], H1004 [15MR], H1187-H1190 [28MR], H1202 [29MR], H1377 [30MR], H1422 [4AP], H4549 [26JN], E245 [1MR], E387 [16MR]

Safety: make technical changes to Federal firearms laws (H.R. 5005), H1294 [29MR]

———trigger lock law enforcement funding, H4760-H4762 [28JN]

Weapons: gun control, H5052 [12JY], E691 [3MY]

Remarks in Senate

Assault weapons: extend ban on production of assault weapons, S3694 [27AP], S6453 [23JN]

———prohibit transfer or sale (S. 620), S4833 [19MY]

———prohibit transfer or sale (S. 645), S506 [2FE], S3694 [27AP]

Aviation: permit certain local law enforcement officers to carry firearms on aircraft (S. 3621), S6805 [29JN]

Brady Campaign To Prevent Gun Violence (organization): report on State gun laws protecting children, S2687 [31MR]

Children and youth: prevent access to firearms, S5593 [7JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports, S7307-S7309 [11JY]

———seaports security funding, S2103-S2107, S2113 [14MR], S2176, S2177 [15MR]

Disasters: prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies, S7386 [12JY]

———prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies (S. 2599), S3381 [7AP]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (S. 1082), S1070 [10FE]

Government regulations: regulate .50 caliber sniper weapons designed for the taking of human life and the destruction of material (S. 935), S506 [2FE]

Handguns: improve safety, S9 [18JA]

Law enforcement: ban the manufacture, importation, sale, or purchase of certain armor-piercing, ``cop-killer'' handguns and ammunition (S. 527), S1884 [8MR]

———permit access to certain information in the Firearms Trace System (H.R. 5033), S3205 [6AP]

———permit access to certain information in the Firearms Trace System (S. 2460), S2422 [27MR]

Littleton, CO: anniversary of shooting of students at Columbine High School, S3694 [27AP]

Mayors' Summit on Illegal Guns: tribute, S3977 [3MY]

National security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports, S1512 [28FE]

———maritime security funding, including the Container Security Initiative, and full background checks for port personnel, S2107 [14MR], S2175 [15MR], S3677-S3679 [27AP]

Root, Inc.: tribute to Guns Aside campaign, S1070 [10FE]

States: allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in all States and exempt current and former law enforcement officers from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (S. 3275), S5388 [26MY]

Violence Policy Center: release of report on Federal firearms license holders, S2306 [16MR]

Weapons: gun control, S9 [18JA], S207 [26JA], S1407 [16FE], S1576 [1MR], S2306 [16MR], S3694 [27AP], S3977 [3MY], S4465 [11MY], S6010 [16JN], S6774 [29JN]

———regulation of transfer at gun shows, S3694 [27AP]

Statements

Mayors' Summit on Illegal Guns, S3978 [3MY]

Testimonies

Firearms Corrections and Improvements Act: Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York, NY, H1295 [29MR]

Texts of

S. 2460, permit access to certain information in the Firearms Trace System, S2423 [27MR]

S. 3621, Safer Skies Act, S6805 [29JN]