The Nation - News from Feb. 28, 1986

Trying to head off an attempt by the gun lobby to bypass the House Judiciary Committee, the chairman, Rep. Peter W. Rodino Jr. (D-N.J.) wrote House members he would “schedule prompt, full committee action” on any legislation approved by the crime subcommittee. Rodino last year declared that a Senate-passed bill to ease gun controls would be dead on arrival in the House. Controversy has erupted over the Senate bill, which would permit now-banned interstate sales of firearms, ease record-keeping requirements for licensed dealers and allow interstate transportation of unloaded firearms.