Government
AMA votes to push for weapons ban extension
NEWS IN BRIEF — Posted Jan. 5, 2004
The American Medical Association will advocate for the reauthorization and strengthening of the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban, which is scheduled to sunset in September 2004.
The AMA House of Delegates at its Interim Meeting voted to advocate for a clarification of the definition of assault weapons to help prevent gun makers and sellers from getting around the law, a ban on kits used to convert lower-powered weapons into assault weapons, regulation of "grandfathered" assault weapons, better tracing of assault weapons, a ban on all high-capacity ammunition magazines and prohibition of juvenile possession of assault weapons.
Note: This item originally appeared at http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2004/01/05/gvbf0105.htm.
