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Safer Families
Domestic Violence Gun Ban: Senator Lautenberg authored the Domestic Violence Gun Ban, the only significant gun safety legislation to pass Congress since the Assault Weapons Ban in 1994 (the Brady Law passed Congress in 1993 and went into effect in 1994). Since its enactment into law at the end of September 1996, it has denied guns to domestic abusers more than 150,000 times (Public Law No. 104-208). On February 24, 2009, the United States Supreme Court upheld Lautenberg’s law and rejected arguments by the gun lobby and a convicted domestic abuser that would have allowed convicted abusers in at least 25 states to rearm themselves with guns. Lautenberg had submitted an amicus brief to the Court in defense of his law.
Senator Lautenberg at a press conference introducing legislation to close the "gun show loophole." He was joined at the event by Sens. Jack Reed (D-RI) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA); Paul Helmke, President of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence; Sue Else, President of National Network to End Domestic Violence; and victims and family members of the Virginia Tech tragedy. The victims included Omar Samaha, the brother of Reema Samaha, who was shot and killed at Virginia Tech; and Colin Goddard, who was shot and injured in his classroom at Virginia Tech. The Senators' bill would close the loophole by requiring background checks on sales at gun shows. (April 21, 2009)
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