S.Amdt. 1231 to S.Amdt. 1214 to H.R. 2620 - Gun Buyback Programs

Federally-funded guy buyback programs exceed Congress' constitutional authority and undermine the Second Amendment's guarantee that the "right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."

Constitutional Vote: Yes

Vote Date: August 2, 2001

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) offered an amendment to make available $15 million from the Housing Drug Elimination Program section of the VA-HUD appropriations bill “for the BuyBack America program, enabling gun buyback initiatives undertaken by public housing authorities and their local police departments.”

The Senate voted 65 to 33 on August 2, 2001 to table (kill) the Schumer amendment (Roll Call 267). We have assigned pluses to the yeas.