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Dems Reintroduce ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban (and List Shows It’s Not Just Rifles): ‘Purpose Is to Dry Up the Supply of These Weapons Over Time’

Jan. 24, 2013 12:39pm Jason Howerton

Dems Reintroduce Assault Weapons Ban (And Its Not Just Rifles)

Vice President Joe Biden administers the Senate Oath to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. during a mock swearing in ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, as the 113th Congress officially began. Credit: AP

Congressional Democrats are reintroducing legislation to ban assault weapons but the measure faces long odds in the GOP-controlled House of Representatives.

The measure being unveiled Thursday is authored by Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, who wrote the original assault weapons ban. That law expired in 2004 when Congress refused to renew it. There’s much disagreement about the effectiveness of the original assault weapons ban.

“The purpose is to dry up the supply of these weapons over time,” Feinstein said on Capitol Hill Thursday, flanked by several “assault” weapons. “Therefore there is no sunset on this bill.”

Feinstein’s sweeping legislation includes a ban on weapons with any “one military characteristic,” and bans the “import, export, manufacture, sale and transfer of hundreds of semi-automatic rifles, handguns and some shotguns,” Townhall’s Katie Pavlich reports.

In other words, the ban doesn’t just cover the “scary” AR-15 and AK-47 semi-automatic rifles. Here’s the list of more than 150 guns that would be banned under Feinstein’s plan. Freelance journalist Jonathan Krohn told TheBlaze that the list was handed out at Thursday’s announcement on Capitol Hill, which he was covering. It looks even more sweeping on paper.

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Watch Feinstein’s Thursday announcement via the Washington Free Beacon:

The National Rifle Association promptly responded to Democrats’ proposed gun ban on Thursday and called on Congress to “reject” Sen. Feinstein’s bill. The NRA released the following statement:

Senator Feinstein has been trying to ban guns from law-abiding citizens for decades. It’s disappointing but not surprising that she is once again focused on curtailing the Constitution instead of prosecuting criminals or fixing our broken mental health system. The American people know gun bans do not work and we are confident Congress will reject Senator Feinstein’s wrong-headed approach.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) released his own statement in response to Feinstein’s gun ban proposal on Thursday afternoon:

Washington politicians shouldn’t be taking advantage of recent tragedy to try to push an aggressive gun control agenda. Real assault weapons—machine guns—are already functionally illegal, and they have been since 1934. This proposal would have done nothing to prevent the terrible murders in Newtown, but it would limit the constitutional liberties of law-abiding citizens. And gun control doesn’t work – the empirical data overwhelmingly demonstrate that strict gun-control laws consistently produce more crime and more murders.

The Second Amendment exists to ensure that law-abiding Americans can protect their homes and families, and I look forward to helping lead the fight to defeat this bill and to protect our constitutional right to keep and bear arms.

An assault weapons ban is among the measures supported by President Barack Obama, who unveiled a package of gun safety proposals last week. But because of concerns among moderate Democrats it’s seen as a heavy lift in Congress, with measures such as beefed-up background checks more likely to pass.

At the heart of the debate, President Barack Obama and Democrats are claiming that banning so-called “assault weapons” will make Americans more safe.

The truth is much more complicated. The use of handguns in gun-related homicides is roughly 70 to 80 percent in most states, 24/7 Wall St. notes. Meanwhile, the use of rifles is under 5 percent, and use of shotguns about 5 percent. Knives are nearly always used in more murders than rifles or shotguns, according to FBI data.

24/7 Wall St.’s Douglas A. McIntyre suggests the federal government should make more of an effort to gather data on gun violence from local authorities in order to take meaningful action.

“The problem that the lack of data causes is about how to determine which guns might or might not be regulated more carefully,” he writes.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. This story has been updated

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demsrtraitors
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 2:15pm
You are only making the gun grabbers stronger when you go to the hollywood liberals movies, when you buy a new GM/ Chrysler, when you use Time Warner and GE products and when you use progressive insurance and bank of America- to name a few. Those are some of the biggest supporters or NObama and the liberal agenda. So when you give money to them they use it against US./ YOU/ Me/ America. Boycott not support!

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msjoe43
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 2:14pm
Dianne Feinstein Gun Bill: Text, List Of Guns Banned And Details Of ‘The Assault Weapons Ban of 2013′ By IBTimes Staff Reporter | January 24 2013 1:54 PM

Go to this hyperlink: http://www.ibtimes.com/dianne-feinstein-gun-bill-text-list-guns-banned-details-assault-weapons-ban-2013-1037402

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garbagecanlogic
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 2:11pm
Who in the hell are all the idiots standing behind her. Why do the dems always have to have idiots standing behind them as a form of support. If she had support, she could fill the room, not just a handful of fools. Note: it is unforatunate that this woman looks like a dried up prune, she should contact pelosi on where to get the botox treatments.

The U.N. Out Of The U.S.
Praise Be To Obama. Psalm 109:8

The U.S. Out Of The U.N.

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ShaTang01
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 2:10pm
Send this traitorous bitch a message fellow 2nd Amendment supporters!

Mail one of your excess high-capacity magazines to either of her California offices or her Washington, DC office with the words “TRAITOR” written on it – Use a black sharpie marker or red nail polish. Make sure NO fingerprints are on the magazine or tape utilized to seal the envelope! Include a fictitous return name / address on the envelope. Take it to the bankrupt U.S. Post Office and mail your envelope with the assistance of the drone behind the counter – nothing in the package is either fragile, liquid, perishable, or potentially hazardous (nor is the high-capacity magazine a “firearm”) – pay your postage due with Cash!

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Farmhand82
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 2:09pm
Yeah you have my sympathies, Witness. A lot of Californians flee to my state (Idaho) and elsewhere and I don’t blame them. Unfortunately they often end up importing that which they are ostensibly fleeing such as a positive attitude towards big government. Good luck in any case.

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Fortan
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 2:06pm
Chief Justice John Marshall 1801-1825. The case of Marbury vs Madison.
The judges comment as follows.
“Certainly all those who have framed written constitutions contemplate them as forming the
fundamental and paramount law of the nation, and consequently the theory of every such government
must be, that an act of the legislator repugnant to the constitution is void.”

The 2nd amendent the constitutional law of the land and any executive order or bill signed into
a law in violation of this amendment is by itself unlawful.

What part of this don’t the progessive socialists (Democrats) understand?

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TonyFox
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 2:05pm
I have a gun design that fires 6″ steel rods, hell two or three of those they will be dead and it doesn’t make a lot of noise SCREW THEM. Hell there is all kinds of things to kill someone with how about a CAR,TRUCK,GASOLINE,AXE,SWORD ETC. SREW THEM

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Dkoonz
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 2:04pm
I will not comply!

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1SFG
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 2:04pm
Sorry tyranny WILL be opposed! μολὼν λαβέ!

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greywolfrs
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 2:02pm
Prohibits the transfer of “assault weapons.” Owners of other firearms, including those covered by the NFA, are permitted to sell them or pass them to heirs. However, under Feinstein’s new bill, “assault weapons” would remain with their current owners until their deaths, at which point they would be forfeited to the government.

This whole is complete B S, but look at this part of it. When a person dies, the weapon is automatically “forfieted” to the government? This is an unbelievable part of this bill.

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John.Galt
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 2:01pm
That old hag can suck ****. If she wants my guns, she needs to TRY TO TAKE THEM.

The funny thing is that this bill won’t even pass the Senate. Reid won’t even bring it up.

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BlackCrow
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 2:00pm
One “military characteristic”? Like chambering a round? If this hag wants another Civil War she is about to get it.

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BannedByHuffpo
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 1:59pm
I always maintained that they should ban “choppers”.

OK, OK … I know they OPERATE exactly the same as any “regular” motorcycle …But they LOOK “menacing”.

When congress can start banning something based upon its “style”, we’re in trouble.

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r3dbull4dd1kt
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 1:58pm
they’re shrouding their agenda in the smoke and mirrors of “safety”…the facts show their decpetion for what it is…

350 people were killed with ‘assualt weapons’ in 10 YEARS since the 2004 lapse of the previous ban

400 people were killed in Chicago Ill in 2012…the city with among the strictest firearms laws in the country….hmmm…Here’s Liberals Flagship Confirming it:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/01/chicago-homicides-reach-4_n_1929015.html

here’s another great chart showing the THOUSANDS of people murdered between 2006 and 2010…where firearms murders are DOWN…
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2012/12/how-people-are-murdered-in-united-states.html

this is NOT a logical step; it is irrational fear being stirred into full-blown panic to further Socialist Implementation on the US; THAT is Dianne ‘Looneytunes’ Feinstein and Oblahblah’s endgame

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Inform
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 1:58pm
That woman looks like a corpse. Tales from the crypt, maybe.

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Teaple
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 1:55pm
We need to dry up the supply of these dried-up old communist politicians who rule over us.

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Recceman90
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 1:55pm
Senator what part if “shall not be infringed” don’t you understand?

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stopprintn
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 1:54pm
One thing I can say is “MOVE” …………… Take a loss and get the ***** out.

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right-wing-waco
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 1:53pm
It’s time to start a recall of Diane Feinstein and all gun-grabbers. I don’t know how to do it but will help if I can.

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dont_drive_slow_in_the_left_lane_obliviot
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 1:51pm
She better not wander around the brush in Texas, she could be mistaken for a feral hog from a helicopter.

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right-wing-waco
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 1:48pm
We must flood our reps offices with calls and letters. It is vital that everyone call them. According to the Fiend-steen list I have no weapons that are legal and I do not intend to give them up or register them. Years ago California said regarding a certain rifle that if it was registered by a certain date you could keep it. They later changed their minds and required you to turn them in and they knew who had them. DO NOT REGISTER.

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Farmhand82
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 1:42pm
Thank God Republicans still own the House. This garbage is never going to get through. Not with the polls showing the shock of Sandy fading and gun control numbers returning to where they were before the massacre, which is the reason Obama and the Dems are pushing gun control so fast. They know once the shock wears off Americans will return to their traditional pro gun attitude, even among quite a few people who are traditionally left in other areas. Now I think this bill goes so over the top because it’s designed to fail. The Dems know that in the end, Republicans will go for the small stuff that has wide support but not for such a draconian version of the assault weapon ban. This way when it fails and there is inevitably another shooting, Democrats and the media can blame it on Republicans. Even though it’s unlikely an assault weapon ban would have any impact, at least for several generations,and the shooting would most likely have occurred anyway,the Left is very good at politically bludgeoning the right with questionably logic that never gets questioned by the media. The dummy vote that watches MSNBC will gobble it up and in the long run the left shifts the narrative.

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AR485
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 1:39pm
Orwell warned us of such pigs.

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thewhiteright
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 1:39pm
Politician
It is not your decision to disarm the people of the United States of America, It is every Americans right and duty to oppose a tyrannical rule. If you haven’t noticed all firearms have left the shelves and all of the ammo is ready at hand. Go ahead and march against The LOVER OF FREEDOM “THE AMERICAN”

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john vincent
Posted on January 24, 2013 at 1:36pm
The vid shows what the true intention of the Dems are- for those who say ‘it cant happen here,’ please take your head out of the sand and engage the brain. There is a driving force @ warp speed playing off peoples emotions- How different are Americans than Aussies when it comes to the peoples rights, and what actions by the common man prove this distinction?

https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=fGaDAThOHhA

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