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US assault weapons ban heading for defeat in the Senate
President Barack Obama's bid to renew a ban on military-style assault weapons narrowly won the backing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday and headed to the full Senate, where it appears certain to fail.
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A ban on weapons like the rifle used at Newtown looks likely to fail in the Senate.
Photo: AP Photo/The connecticut Post
On a party line vote of 10-8, the Democratic-led panel approved a bill to renew a ban similar to one that expired in 2004. The measure would also limit high-capacity ammunition clips to 10 bullets.
Military-style assault weapons have been the weapon of choice in a number of recent US mass shootings, including one at a elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, that killed 20 children and six adults on Dec. 14.
Polls show a majority of Americans back the ban.
WHAT??! No way the majority of Americans support this!!! :o
But most Senate Republicans and a number of Democrats from rural states oppose it, arguing it would violate the constitutional right to bear arms. Many fear that backing the legislation could cost them re-election.
Mr Obama's call to renew the ban is a centrepiece of his effort to curb US gun violence in the wake of Newtown.
The President thanked the committee for approving the bill, saying in a statement that the weapons "are designed for the battlefield and have no place on our streets, in our schools or threatening our law enforcement officers."
Assistant Senate Minority Leader John Cornyn of Texas, one of eight committee Republicans, opposed the bill, saying: "This is a flawed piece of legislation that jeopardizes the self-defense and constitutional rights of law-abiding Texans, while doing nothing to address the tragic problem of gun violence."
The bill, offered by Senator Dianne Feinstein of California, would ban the sale, import and manufacture of 157 specific types of military-style, semi-automatic assault weapons. It would exempt 2,258 types of rifles and shotguns that are considered "legitimate hunting and sporting" firearms. The prohibition would take effect immediately if the bill becomes law.
Mrs Feinstein said the exemption should provide the American people with more than enough weapons to defend themselves.
"Do they need a bazooka?" she asked at the hearing. "I don't think so."
Before the full Senate votes on the bill, likely next month, senators are certain to face fierce lobbying efforts from gun-rights groups and those who favor tougher gun laws, including mayors, parents and clergy.
Mr Obama's Democrats control the Senate, 55-45. Yet 60 votes may be needed to clear a possible Republican procedural roadblock to a vote on the measure.
"I don't think the bill will get more than 50 votes," Senator Charles Grassley, the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee, told Reuters.
Chairman Patrick Leahy, a gun enthusiast who target shoots on his Vermont farm, joined nine fellow Democrats in voting for Feinstein's bill. But he said he wasn't completely comfortable it.
"I have told her I have some concerns about some aspects of it, but I feel this is a matter of such importance that it should be voted by the whole Senate, not just by this committee," Mr Leahy said.
The assault weapons ban bill is the fourth gun measure approved by the committee in the past two weeks, all on party line or largely party line votes.
The others would expand criminal background checks on gun buyers, make it a federal crime to buy a gun on behalf of someone who is prohibited from owning one, and provide $40 million a year in federal matching funds for each of the next 10 years to improve school security.
The only one that seems likely to win approval by the Senate and be sent to the Republican-led House of Representatives for consideration is the measure to enhance school security. The one to expand background checks may also survive if Democrats can reach a compromise on it with Republicans.
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BUMP f0r 180 and Lickerfag
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"renew a ban similar to one that expired in 2004."
So this wasn't even new legislation. Just similar to one that already existed previously.
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Good job idiot. So far, you haven't produced any links new legislation that Obama created to take peoples guns.
No surprise. More whining and bullshit from you.
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"renew a ban similar to one that expired in 2004."
So this wasn't even new legislation. Just similar to one that already existed previously.
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Good job idiot. So far, you haven't produced any links new legislation that Obama created to take peoples guns.
No surprise. More whining and bullshit from you.
LMFAO - you lost get the fuck over it. Suck it up buttercup you clown. you were made to look like an ass again
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LMFAO - you lost get the fuck over it. Suck it up buttercup you clown. you were made to look like an ass again
And the delusions continue. Is it painful being so stupid? Serious question there.
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so after nothing happened in the house, and nothing happened in the exec order...
a small group of far-left dems decided to play with some Brady-style bill that they already know will fail. Feinstein and Grassley, 2 of the most liberal the world has ever known, are trying to drum up fundraising in their districts with a bill they already admit is just an exercise in "making a point".
Yeah, sorry, but that's not "obama coming for our guns".
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so after nothing happened in the house, and nothing happened in the exec order...
a small group of far-left dems decided to play with some Brady-style bill that they already know will fail. Feinstein and Grassley, 2 of the most liberal the world has ever known, are trying to drum up fundraising in their districts with a bill they already admit is just an exercise in "making a point".
Yeah, sorry, but that's not "obama coming for our guns".
Because the rats you voted for feared for their relection seeing how ridiculous and unpopular the Obama proposals were.
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so after nothing happened in the house, and nothing happened in the exec order...
a small group of far-left dems decided to play with some Brady-style bill that they already know will fail. Feinstein and Grassley, 2 of the most liberal the world has ever known, are trying to drum up fundraising in their districts with a bill they already admit is just an exercise in "making a point".
Yeah, sorry, but that's not "obama coming for our guns".
To him it is. Really now... you have to leave him something to whine and cry about.
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Because the rats you voted for feared for their relection seeing how ridiculous and unpopular the Obama proposals were.
I voted for Grassley and Fineswine? Um, nope. Doesn't really work like that. Aside from the fact I dislike them, I'd have to live in their state to do so.
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I voted for Grassley and Fineswine? Um, nope. Doesn't really work like that. Aside from the fact I dislike them, I'd have to live in their state to do so.
You are wasting your time with common sense. It isn't going to penetrate the fog of stupidity he surrounds himself with.
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You are wasting your time with common sense. It isn't going to penetrate the fog of stupidity he surrounds himself with.
shut up, liberal. You and your buddies elected stalin and moussolini into office, and we all see what happened!
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I love how these two can honestly sit here and pretend that Obama did not make a major push for gun control in 2013...the delusion is baffling
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I love how these two can honestly sit here and pretend that Obama did not make a major push for gun control in 2013...the delusion is baffling
Its a cult of personality - they worship him as their messiah
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I love how you two retards can sit here and claim this, but offer no proof.
It's delusional. No surprise.
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Mr Obama's call to renew the ban is a centrepiece of his effort to curb US gun violence in the wake of Newtown.
The President thanked the committee for approving the bill, saying in a statement that the weapons "are designed for the battlefield and have no place on our streets, in our schools or threatening our law enforcement officers."
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^^ sounds like talk. Where's the action?
You really are stupid aren't you?
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On a party line vote of 10-8, the Democratic-led panel approved a bill to renew a ban similar to one that expired in 2004. The measure would also limit high-capacity ammunition clips to 10 bullets.
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On a party line vote of 10-8, the Democratic-led panel approved a bill to renew a ban similar to one that expired in 2004. The measure would also limit high-capacity ammunition clips to 10 bullets.
No new legislation huh?
You really are stupid. We all knew it, but here you are... proving it over and over again.
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No new legislation huh?
You really are stupid. We all knew it, but here you are... proving it over and over again.
It is new legislation asshole - the law of the land right now is no AWB and to get another requires A FUCKING NEW LAW
Keep grasping at straws you limp wristed little weak impotent fag
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No new legislation huh?
You really are stupid. We all knew it, but here you are... proving it over and over again.
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This must be their coping mechanism for dealing with the epic defeat their side took last year.
'It never happened'
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"Military Style" ::)
What a fucking joke.
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No new legislation huh?
You really are stupid. We all knew it, but here you are... proving it over and over again.
HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!
You are a damn retard. You are consuming way too much oxygen.
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HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!
You are a damn retard. You are consuming way too much oxygen.
Apparently you are not consuming enough. That might be a reason for your stupidity. Though I suspect it is an inbred trait and shortcoming.