Wednesday, June 13, 2007

US House passes post-shooting rampage gun bill

(Reuters) - On a voice vote, the House sent the measure -- which would
be the first major gun control bill enacted since 1994 and
bolster background checks for gun buyers -- to the
Democratic-led Senate for needed concurrence.




The bill was drafted in consultation with the 4
million-member National Rifle Association, the nation's biggest
gun-rights group, after a deranged gunman killed himself and 32
others in April at Virginia Tech university.


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