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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: September 21, 2004 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. lp ' q <br />SUBJECT: Resolution Requesting Congress and the President of the United States of <br />America to Reauthorize the Federal Assault Weapon Ban <br />DEPARTMENT: BOCC PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Resolution Requesting Reauthorization <br />of the Federal Assault Weapon Ban <br />9/10/04 USA Toda,yArticle <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Donna Baker, 245-2130 <br />Lindy Pendergrass, 245-2900 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider a resolution requesting Congress and the President to reauthorize the <br />ban on assault weapons, <br />BACKGROUND: On September 13, 1994, the United States Congress adopted a federal ban <br />on assault weapons. The law prohibited the manufacture, transfer and possession of 19 named <br />assault weapons, and copies or duplicates of those weapons, and any semi-automatic firearm <br />with at least two specified military features and the ability to accept detachable ammunition <br />magazines, The 10-year sunset provision on the ban expired on September 13, 2004, <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: Nane <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the resolution <br />and authorize the Chair to sign, <br />