lot of things that are currently illegal for civilians to own in this country. when the plastic gun ban passed in 1988, and ronald reagan was the president who signed it into law, the vote in favor of the plastic gun ban was 413 votes in favor, and four votes against. one of the four votes against banning plastic guns was cast by dick cheney, who then went on to become vice president. but even he, by the time he was running for vice president, said he regretted that vote. and he would have voted to ban plastic guns had it been brought up in a more procedurally sound manner. even dick cheney. that means the vote wouldn't have been 413-4, it would have been 415 -- 414-3 and dick cheney been able to change his vote. if the plastic gun ban was not already law right now, and it was coming up for discussion right now in this congress, would it pass?