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Senate Roll Call 394, 103rd Congress · November 20, 1993

A bill to provide for a waiting period before the purchase of a handgun, and for the establishment of a national instant criminal background check system to be contacted by firearms dealers before the transfer of any firearm. — H.R.1025 BY SCHUMER (D-NY) -- BRADY HANDGUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACT FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENSE REFORM ACT OF 1993 (PUB. L. 103-159, APPROVED 11/30/93) (SENATE PASSED H.R. 1025, TO PROVIDE FOR A WAITING PERIOD BEFORE THE PURCHASE OF A HANDGUN, AND FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL INSTANT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM TO BE CONTACTED BY FIREARMS DEALERS BEFORE THE TRANSFER OF ANY FIREARM.)

Question before the chamber: On Passage of the Bill

63 yea · 36 nayBill Passed1 not voting or present
Democrat46 yea · 7 nay
Republican15 yea · 29 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1025 ↗

Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act

Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

  • GunsA yea counts toward “Gun restrictions”

    model(0.95): Establishing handgun waiting periods and background check requirements increases gun restrictions.

    Tagged by: keyword:firearm,background check

    Axis: Gun restrictions ← → Gun rights

  • Criminal JusticeDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.75) Handgun waiting periods and background checks do not clearly map to punitive or reform-oriented criminal justice.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Crime and Law Enforcement

    Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (63)

Nay (36)

Not voting or present (1)

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