The now defunct Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act, commonly known as the Federal Assault Weapons Ban (AWB), was a subsection of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, a federal law in the United States that included a prohibition on the manufacture for civilian use of certain semi-automatic firearms it defined as "assault weapons". The 10-year ban was passed by the U.S. Congress on September 13, 1994, and was signed into law by President Bill Clinton the same day. The ban only applied to weapons manufactured after the date of the ban's enactment.
The Act expired on September 13, 2004, per its sunset provision. There were multiple attempts to renew the ban, but none succeeded.
Less than a month has passed in 1994 from the passage of the assault weapons ban and the voluntary ban on toy guns by merchandisers. The leadership of President Bill Clinton brought success across the spectrum of public safety.
Columbine would occur in April of 1999. The guns shows successfully defeated the law and passed merchandise to those that would pay the price. Evidently, the gun shows did bother to understand there would be innocent people paying the ultimate price for their profiteering.
Less than a month has passed in 1994 from the passage of the assault weapons ban and the voluntary ban on toy guns by merchandisers. The leadership of President Bill Clinton brought success across the spectrum of public safety.
Columbine would occur in April of 1999. The guns shows successfully defeated the law and passed merchandise to those that would pay the price. Evidently, the gun shows did bother to understand there would be innocent people paying the ultimate price for their profiteering.
