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Students anxious to venture home for the Thanksgiving holiday expressed relief after American Airlines pilots and flight attendants ended a five-day strike yesterday afternoon...
...Brady gun-control bill passed the House by a vote of 238 to 189. A diluted version of the original bill, it requires a five-day wait and a mandatory background check for the purchase of a handgun. The Senate may vote on a similar measure this week after acting on a broader anti-crime bill. The Brady bill passed in the House in 1991 but then fell victim to an 11-month Senate filibuster...
Even if Americans do have the right to bear arms under the second amendment to the U.S. Constitution, Macedo said a five-day waiting period would insure that guns don't get into the wrong hands...
...bill now goes to the Senate, which has endorsed the bill's idea of a five-day waiting period on gun purchases before. Associate Professor of Government Stephen Macedo called the legislation "an excellent idea...
...Brady bill, the emotionally symbolic gun-control measure that would impose a five-day waiting period on handgun purchases, won easy approval from a House Judiciary subcommittee. The move clears the way for full committee approval, which is expected, and a vote on the House floor...