Past Legislative Successes

2001 - Expansion of Assault Weapons Ban

• Expands definition of assault weapons
• Bans certain types of 50-caliber bullets
• Requires persons under restraining orders to turn over guns within two days
• Requires issuing authority to revoke permit for individuals subject to firearms seizure

1999 - Firearm Safety Law

• Allows police to confiscate all visible weapons during a domestic violence arrest and hold them for up to 48 hours
• Requires individuals who sell guns at retail to take a safety and use course and to undergo a background check
• Allows police to confiscate guns from individuals who are dangerous but have committed no crime
• Allows for civil liability when minors commit crimes with guns

1998 - Checks, Locks and Traces

• Required a FBI background fingerprint check
• Required reusable trigger locks on all sales
• Required all guns found at a crime scene to be traced

1994 - Limits Established on Who Can Own Handguns

• Required background check, including secondary sales
• Required safety and use course
• Prohibited ownership of hand guns for: felony conviction, violent misdemeanor conviction, protective/restraining order, involuntarily commitment to a mental institution, illegal alien

1993 - Ban on the Sale of Assault Weapons

1991 - Guns and Kids

• Required trigger locks at retail Guns must be stored and locked
• Criminal liability for adult if child commits crime with a gun

1990 - Gun Storage Law

• Required a two-week waiting period before the purchase of a handgun

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