RESEARCHER FINDS
FEDERAL GUN LAW GREW NEARLY 6% IN 1998
More Than 4,000 Words
Added By Omnibus Spending Bill
by Alan Korwin
For Publication,
146 Words,
May 19, 1999
Copyright 1999 Alan Korwin,
One Time North American Serial Rights
Not-for-profit circulation approved.
Talk about strange timing -- with Congress wrestling over new gun laws
-- I have just finished the analysis of last year's gun laws passed by
Congress. These were contained in the huge "Omnibus Consolidated and
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999" (Public Law number
105-277). I'll have the full update soon, and it will be summarized at
gunlaws.com. These are the highlights.
TOTAL NEW GUN LAW ADDED BY CONGRESS IN 1998:
4,829 words
Growth in federal gun laws: 5.78%
Total federal gun laws now on the books: 88,413 words
Total number of changes enacted: 8 amendments, 8 funding provisions,
6 new laws, 1 repeal
The update section for "Gun Laws of America" currently has
15 new entries to cover the new material. I'll let you know when that material
is ready for release (it's close, but the final details are always time
consuming).