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Bill Sought to Ban Military Firearm Imports
WASHINGTON (Reuter) - A bill to ban imports of surplus military
firearms back into the United States was introduced Thursday in the
House and the Senate.
Guns such as the M-1 carbine were given or sold by the United States
to some 20 nations over the last 50 years. Sponsors of the bill said
many of the 2 1/2 million weapons were now being imported to the
United States and used by criminals.
"These wartime weapons are the kinds of guns that criminals can easily
convert into illegal, fully automatic weapons," Sen. Frank Lautenberg,
a New Jersey Democrat, said at a news conference.
Lautenberg said many of the weapons were coming from Iran, once a U.S.
ally but now estranged from Washington.
"The Ayatollah (Khomeini) must be laughing in his grave," Lautenberg
said, referring to Iran's late revolutionary leader.
Lautenberg was joined in introducing the bill by Sen. Barbara Boxer of
California and Reps. Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island and Carolym
Maloney of New York, all Democrats.
They said it would allow collectors to buy imports of rifles from the
Second World War or earlier.
"The Anti-Gun Invasion act will slam the door on weapons, once
intended to help our allies, from coming back into our country and
getting into the hands of criminals," Kennedy said.
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