Isra: Freedom Restored As 'Assault Weapons' Ban Fades Away

U.S. Newswire › September 13, 2004

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CHICAGO, Sept. 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following are excerpts of comments delivered today to the Central Illinois Gun Policy Roundtable by Illinois State Rifle Association Executive Director, Richard A. Pearson.

Despite last minute pleadings by anti-gun extremists, the crown jewel of efforts to destroy the 2nd Amendment will soon crumble to dust. At midnight, the sunset provision of the 1994 "assault weapons" ban will kick in, thus bringing to close one of the most hypocritical chapters in gun control history.

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Isra: Freedom Restored As 'Assault Weapons' Ban Fades Away

Much hyped as the cure-all to a spiraling crime rate, the 1994 "assault weapons" ban was muscled through Congress by then- president Bill Clinton. ...

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