The liability bill was delayed to let gun control laws expire first

Evidence

Opponents to the bill had added two amendments that the NRA strenuously opposed. These would extend the federal ban on assault weapons and the requirement of background checks on those seeking to buy guns, both of which were due to expire in 2004. The bill could have passed easily, but it was pulled from the Senate floor and reintroduced in 2005, after the expiration of the assault weapon ban and the required background checks. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 1111

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships

• DEEPTHINKING: A precise tactical mechanism: legislative timing as a weapon — pulling a popular bill to wait out the sunset of opposing provisions. The sequencing decision, not the vote itself, is the real exercise of power.

Related

• The gun industry delayed its immunity bill to let gun regulations expire (similarity 0.87)