Assault weapons ban dropped from Senate gun control bill
Published March 19, 2013
FILE: Jan. 24, 2013: Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., to introduce legislation on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition feeding devices. (AP)
The leader of the Democrat-controlled Senate on Tuesday dropped a proposed assault weapons ban from the chamber’s gun-control package – dealing a blow to supporters of the ban, though it could still come up for a vote.
The sponsor of the measure, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., revealed that Reid told her the proposed ban would not be in the initial package. Feinstein said she's "disappointed" with the decision, and is expected to nevertheless offer it as an amendment.
But the move by Reid to cut it from the main bill signals a lack of congressional support for a proposal that would not only revive, but strengthen, the decade-long ban that expired in 2004.
The proposed ban passed was passed last week by the Senate Judiciary Committee, along with three other measures. The others dealt with providing more school safety aid, expanding federal background checks on potential gun buyers and helping authorities prosecute illegal gun traffickers.
Feinstein has led the gun-control charge since President Obama called for federal legislation in the wake of the Newtown and other mass shootings.
The assault weapons ban was the most controversial of the major proposals to restrict guns that have been advanced by Obama and Senate Democrats. Because of that, it had been expected that the assault weapons measure would be left out of the initial package the Senate considers, with Democrats hoping the Senate could in turn amass the strongest possible vote for the overall legislation.
Assault weapons ban dropped from Senate gun control bill
Published March 19, 2013
FILE: Jan. 24, 2013: Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., to introduce legislation on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition feeding devices. (AP)
The leader of the Democrat-controlled Senate on Tuesday dropped a proposed assault weapons ban from the chamber’s gun-control package – dealing a blow to supporters of the ban, though it could still come up for a vote.
The sponsor of the measure, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., revealed that Reid told her the proposed ban would not be in the initial package. Feinstein said she's "disappointed" with the decision, and is expected to nevertheless offer it as an amendment.
But the move by Reid to cut it from the main bill signals a lack of congressional support for a proposal that would not only revive, but strengthen, the decade-long ban that expired in 2004.
The proposed ban passed was passed last week by the Senate Judiciary Committee, along with three other measures. The others dealt with providing more school safety aid, expanding federal background checks on potential gun buyers and helping authorities prosecute illegal gun traffickers.
Feinstein has led the gun-control charge since President Obama called for federal legislation in the wake of the Newtown and other mass shootings.
The assault weapons ban was the most controversial of the major proposals to restrict guns that have been advanced by Obama and Senate Democrats. Because of that, it had been expected that the assault weapons measure would be left out of the initial package the Senate considers, with Democrats hoping the Senate could in turn amass the strongest possible vote for the overall legislation.
Assault weapons ban dropped from Senate gun control bill
Published March 19, 2013
FILE: Jan. 24, 2013: Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., to introduce legislation on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition feeding devices. (AP)
The leader of the Democrat-controlled Senate on Tuesday dropped a proposed assault weapons ban from the chamber’s gun-control package – dealing a blow to supporters of the ban, though it could still come up for a vote.
The sponsor of the measure, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., revealed that Reid told her the proposed ban would not be in the initial package. Feinstein said she's "disappointed" with the decision, and is expected to nevertheless offer it as an amendment.
But the move by Reid to cut it from the main bill signals a lack of congressional support for a proposal that would not only revive, but strengthen, the decade-long ban that expired in 2004.
The proposed ban passed was passed last week by the Senate Judiciary Committee, along with three other measures. The others dealt with providing more school safety aid, expanding federal background checks on potential gun buyers and helping authorities prosecute illegal gun traffickers.
Feinstein has led the gun-control charge since President Obama called for federal legislation in the wake of the Newtown and other mass shootings.
The assault weapons ban was the most controversial of the major proposals to restrict guns that have been advanced by Obama and Senate Democrats. Because of that, it had been expected that the assault weapons measure would be left out of the initial package the Senate considers, with Democrats hoping the Senate could in turn amass the strongest possible vote for the overall legislation.
The big money is backing the NRA... no doubt it will take more than a few dozen dead 6 year olds to pass the bill.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
I hear they're also talking about repealing parts of the safe act, sounds like an attempt to make deals because it will likely be ruled unconstitutional, also maybe because nobody was going to obey it and they didn't want a full blown backfire on their hands.
"In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot."
I hear they're also talking about repealing parts of the safe act, sounds like an attempt to make deals because it will likely be ruled unconstitutional, also maybe because nobody was going to obey it and they didn't want a full blown backfire on their hands.
They can't leave it as it stands. The first kid that shows up with 10 bullet holes in him from a cop will not go over well.
In their rush to crush gun rights, they forgot to exclude the military and police.
They can't leave it as it stands. The first kid that shows up with 10 bullet holes in him from a cop will not go over well.
In their rush to crush gun rights, they forgot to exclude the military and police.
I'm sure they will in Safe Act V.2.0
Without a doubt
"In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot."
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