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I think my link showed the original bill passing 94 to 4; your link showed the following year's amendment passing 61-38. Recall, that in 93 when the original gun control bill passed nobody was up for reelection--1994, however, was a different story as seen in your link. What this shows you, I think, is that they're more worried about re-election than anything else. Nobody will remember they were for the bill before they were against it, right?
Maybe, but that also means (in your scenario) that the Republicans would vote against more gun control when elections weren't pending, and the Democrats would vote for gun control in all cases. Advantage, R.
And that assumes your suggestion is correct, that the Republicans voted originally for the bill due to reelection concerns. But, maybe things were added to the bill (AWB) to make it unsatisfactory. It was, after all, a "violent crime control" act.
In post 51, the other two bills (Brady Bill and Commerce in Arms) are more firearms specific.