As part of some research I've been doing I've been working on digging up the actual info regarding the Hughes amendment to the FOPA.
It turns out there may be video/audio evidence that the 86 machine gun ban amendment portion was never actually passed, but simply recorded as having been passed.
The congressional record indicates that the recorded vote (taken before the vote which 'passed' it) was defeated 298 to 124with 12 not voting
There are no available video archives of the 1986 house vote, as the C-span tapes were all destroyed, and I haven't been able to find a copy of any aired footage in any of the available video archives or footage companies.
However, the Library of congress DOES have a copy
using the time data from the congressional record it is clear that the tapes we need are:
I'm submitting a price quote request, and should (if I can swing it) have a copy of the DVD here in a month or two, at which time I'll put the relevant sections on Youtube.
So... stay tuned... we may have Charlie Rangel on video falsifying the congressional record, and thereby eliminating the creation of transferable machine guns.
Anyway, I just wanted to post this info up here so that if for whatever reason I'm unable to get the tape (cost, time, etc.) someone else can pick up where I left off.
It turns out there may be video/audio evidence that the 86 machine gun ban amendment portion was never actually passed, but simply recorded as having been passed.
The congressional record indicates that the recorded vote (taken before the vote which 'passed' it) was defeated 298 to 124with 12 not voting
Here is a PDF of the relevant section of April 10th
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B4...YWY4ZDAzY2Q0NjEz&sort=name&layout=list&num=50
Here is a TXT file of the relevant section of April 10th
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B4xHVurgr6T4NDMwM2YyZWYtNmFlNS00MDRkLWJhZDYtNmY3Y2Q4NjU0ODcw&hl=en
Here is a PDF of the full section of April 10th
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B4...MzhjMGNlNDA0ODk2&sort=name&layout=list&num=50
There are no available video archives of the 1986 house vote, as the C-span tapes were all destroyed, and I haven't been able to find a copy of any aired footage in any of the available video archives or footage companies.
However, the Library of congress DOES have a copy
using the time data from the congressional record it is clear that the tapes we need are:
I'm submitting a price quote request, and should (if I can swing it) have a copy of the DVD here in a month or two, at which time I'll put the relevant sections on Youtube.
So... stay tuned... we may have Charlie Rangel on video falsifying the congressional record, and thereby eliminating the creation of transferable machine guns.
Anyway, I just wanted to post this info up here so that if for whatever reason I'm unable to get the tape (cost, time, etc.) someone else can pick up where I left off.
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