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The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, commonly referred to as the 1994 Crime Bill, [1] or the Clinton Crime Bill, [2] is an Act of Congress dealing with crime and law enforcement; it became law in 1994. It is the largest crime bill in the history of the United States and consisted of 356 pages that provided for 100,000 new ...
The Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act, popularly known as the Federal Assault Weapons Ban (AWB or FAWB), was subtitle A of title XI of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, a United States federal law which included a prohibition on the manufacture for civilian use of certain semi-automatic firearms that were defined as assault weapons as well as ...
But during Sunday night's Democratic debate, Hillary Clinton addressed a major point of controversy in her campaign head-on: She admitted her much-criticized support of a 1994 crime bill that ...
One year after signing the Brady Law, White House lobbying also played a role in the passage of the 1994 Crime Bill, which included the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act, commonly known as the Federal Assault Weapons Ban. The law banned certain semi-automatic firearms with two or more specific design features, and also ...
The Crime Bill of 1994 is the largest-ever crime bill in U.S. history, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. It provided 100,000 new police officers and allocated $9.7 billion for prisons ...
The measures in the anti-crime bill raise concerns about its adverse effects on Black residents in the District of Columbia. […] The post As 1994 crime bill turns 30, Secure DC Act fuels worry ...
In 1994, Clinton signed the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, which included a provision known as the Federal Assault Weapons Ban. The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act provided funding for 100,000 local law enforcement officials, and established a federal three-strikes law that enhanced criminal penalties for repeat ...
The Omnibus Crime Bill, which Clinton signed into law in September 1994, [129] made many changes to U.S. crime and law enforcement legislation including the expansion of the death penalty to include crimes not resulting in death, such as running a large-scale drug enterprise. During Clinton's re-election campaign he said, "My 1994 crime bill ...