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Resolution Number: 1994-D019
Title: Request a Commission Study of Sale and Spread of Armaments
Legislative Action Taken: Concurred As Amended
Final Text:

Resolved, That the Standing Commission on Peace with Justice extend its study of the sale and spread of armaments by adding to its agenda for the coming triennium (without additional budget expense) a review of existing and pending state and national legislation which seeks to:

  1. Limit the manufacture and sale of weapons and ammunition domestically;
  2. Strengthen firearms licensing provisions for both sellers and buyers; and
  3. Restrict the exportation of weapons and weapon parts from the United States.
  4. Tighten restrictions on importation of weapons and weapon parts to the United States.
Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Indianapolis, 1994 (New York: General Convention, 1995), p. 185.