encourage congress to enact. >> former president george bush senior resigned his nra membership in response to la pierre's rhetoric. >> regan carter and ford signed a letter urging house members to vote for the assault weapons ban. >> no good member of the house or senate, no republican or democrat, no legislator should ever fear losing their seat for voting for this bill. >> the yays are 216, the nays are 214. the bill is passed. >> they passed the brady law of 1993 and then they pasted as part of a broader came package the assault weapons ban of 19 94. >> it waswas an assault on the entire part of the population on their vision of what america is.