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Robert Leonard Schenck (born 1958) is an American Evangelical clergyman who has ministered to elected and appointed officials in Washington, D.C. and serves as president of a non-profit organization named for Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Schenck founded the organization Faith and Action in 1995 and led it until 2018.
The Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA or GCA68) [1] is a U.S. federal law that regulates the firearms industry and firearms ownership. Due to constitutional limitations, the Act is primarily based on regulating interstate commerce in firearms by generally prohibiting interstate firearms transfers except by manufacturers, dealers and importers ...
The Roberti-Roos Assault Weapons Control Act of 1989, or AWCA, restricted semi-automatic firearms that it classified as assault weapons: over 50 specific brands and models of rifles, pistols, and shotguns to those who were issued a Dangerous Weapons Permit by the California Department of Justice.
The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. Passed in 2022 in the wake of mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York, the BSCA was the first significant gun reform law in nearly three ...
Michael Bloomberg's gun-control super PAC, Independence USA, spent $8.3 million in 2012 [89] [90] and $6.3 million in 2013. [91] Americans for Responsible Solutions, another gun-control super PAC started by retired Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, raised $12 million in 2013, [92] and planned to raise $16 to $20 million by the 2014 elections. [93]
The rulings come after a Supreme Court ruling in 2022 that expanded the rights of gun owners
The Rev. Robert Schenck testifies during a U.S. House Judiciary Committee hearing looking into allegations that he got advance word of the outcome of a major 2014 U.S. Supreme Court case.
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