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Senate Drop Pro-NRA Gun Bill

HeadlineMar 03, 2004

On Capitol Hill, Senate sponsors of legislation to shield the firearms industry from lawsuits abruptly killed their own bill yesterday after it was amended to renew an expiring ban on assault weapons and to require background checks for gun show purchases.

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