Details

• Sponsor - Metzenbaum
• Proposed - February 24, 1993
• Congressional Record Link - S. 414
• Amends - None.
• Amendments - SA1218
• Votes - November 20, 1993 - indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.
• Results - November 20, 1993 - Senate killed.

Synopsis

To provide for a waiting period before the purchase of a handgun, and for the establishment of a national instant criminal background check system to be contacted by firearms dealers before the transfer of any firearm.

Analysis

Although this bill died, House Bill 1025 went on to become law.

Independent of how you feel about the NICS check, it is unlikely to ever go away.

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