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    The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, commonly referred to as the 1994 Crime Bill, or the Clinton Crime Bill, is an Act of Congress...
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    was subtitle A of title XI of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, a United States federal law which included a prohibition on the...
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    Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act of 1994, which merely required sex offenders to register with local law enforcement. Since only...
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    Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) is a United States federal law (Title IV of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, H.R. 3355) signed...
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    the decline in violent crime can be attributed to the Brady Act or other gun control legislation. Federal Assault Weapons Ban Gun law in the United States...
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    were found on September 1, 2016. The law, enacted as part of the Federal Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, requires states to form registries...
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  • injunctive and declaratory relief, and such other relief as a court may deem appropriate". The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, enacted in...
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    senator, Biden drafted and led the effort to pass the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act and the Violence Against Women Act. He also oversaw six...
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  • Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994 (also referred to as the "DPPA"), Title XXX of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, is a United States federal...
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  • Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act of 2013, commonly known as the NY SAFE Act, is a gun control law in the state of New York. The law was passed...
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  • system maintained by the FBI. In 1994, the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act was signed into law under the presidency of Bill Clinton, which...
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    The Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA or GCA68) is a U.S. federal law that regulates the firearms industry and firearms ownership. Due to constitutional limitations...
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    Protection Act (FOPA) of 1986 is a United States federal law that revised many provisions of the Gun Control Act of 1968. Under the Gun Control Act of 1968...
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    and then was incorporated into the Crime Control Act of 1990 that was signed into law by President George H. W. Bush. The Gun-Free School Zones Act of...
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  • 101 California Street shooting (category Crimes in San Francisco)
    of legal and legislative actions that were precursors to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, H.R. 3355, 103rd Congress. The Act took effect...
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    People, and A&E Networks. In 1994, as part of the United States' war on drugs, President Bill Clinton signed into law the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement...
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  • Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended, is partly codified to Chapter 101 of Title 34. The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act is partially codified...
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    Act of 1993, which raised taxes and set the stage for future budget surpluses. He signed the bipartisan Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act...
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    1994, President Bill Clinton signed the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act into law. Under the act, over $30 billion in federal aid was spent...
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    NFA is also referred to as Title II of the federal firearms laws, with the Gun Control Act of 1968 ("GCA") as Title I. All transfers of ownership of registered...
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    Joe Biden (category Syracuse University College of Law alumni)
    senator, Biden drafted and led the effort to pass the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act and the Violence Against Women Act. He also oversaw six...
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    "soft on crime". Democrats had not used gun control in the past as an election issue. Clinton reversed the tide by using gun control as an issue and calling...
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    may result in long-term improvements.: 37  The 1994 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act authorized the United States Department of Justice's...
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    money under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C. § 14071) and Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S...
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    Police (redirect from Law enforcement agent)
    of Justice against local law enforcement agencies, authorized under the 1994 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act. This has compelled local...
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  • Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) from releasing information from its firearms trace database to anyone other than a law enforcement agency or prosecutor...
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  • firearm homicides and total homicides. Earlier studies by RAND found that shall-issue concealed carry laws may increase violent crime overall, while there...
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    18 U.S.C. § 2119. Amy D'Olivio, "Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act" in Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement (Sage, 2004: eds. Larry E. Sullivan...
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    much of its history, before the scope of enforcement narrowed after various court rulings, and modern enforcement is primarily focused on prosecuting child...
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    Community Oriented Policing Services (category Law enforcement)
    Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act. Since 1994, the COPS Office has provided $14 billion in assistance to state and local law enforcement agencies...
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