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Sen. Feinstein ready to introduce new ban on assault weapons
« on: January 24, 2013, 09:22:37 AM »
Sen. Feinstein ready to introduce new ban on assault weapons
 
By Jonathan Easley - 01/24/13 07:46 AM ET


Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) will introduce a bill banning assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition clips on Thursday.
 
Feinstein’s bill will expand the criteria for classifying military-style assault weapons from a 1994 law, which lapsed a decade later. Her new measure will ban the sale of about 150 types of firearms, including some rifles and handguns, as well as the sale of high-capacity magazines, according to USA Today.
 
The bill will exempt firearms used for hunting and will grandfather in guns and magazines owned before the law’s potential enactment. However, the grandfathered weapons will be logged in a national registry.
 








The measure is expected to face a tough fight in the Senate, with many GOP lawmakers and the nation’s gun lobby vowing to oppose any new restrictions on gun ownership.
 
But Feinstein, a longtime proponent of gun reform, said she is ready to push her measure in the face of opposition from the National Rifle Association (NRA).
 
“I have worked on this for a long time,” said Feinstein in an interview with USA Today. “I’m not a newcomer or a novice to guns.
 
"The NRA sort of specialized in trying to denigrate me, but I don't think there's anyone around that's spent 20 years on this subject, plus some," she added.
 
Calls to renew the federal assault-weapons ban, which expired in 2004, have grown after last month’s mass shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn.
 
President Obama has been urging congressional leaders to pass legislation aimed at reducing gun violence, vowing "to use whatever weight this office holds" to make the new rules a reality.
 
Last week he unveiled a package of executive actions and called on lawmakers to pass measures instituting universal background checks to keep firearms out of the hands of criminals and the mentally ill, and bans on sales of assault weapons and high-capacity clips.
 
Vice President Biden and other White House officials will travel to Richmond, Va., on Friday to campaign for Obama's plan to reduce gun violence. Biden headed the administration’s gun-violence task force, spending much of the last month meeting with stakeholders, ranging from the entertainment industry and sportsmen's groups to gun-rights proponents, including the NRA.
 
Feinstein’s bill and Obama’s push will likely place Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) in a difficult position. While the White House and Feinstein would like a comprehensive gun-reform bill, Reid has said that he opposes banning assault weapons, which would be unlikely to pass the House.
 
The majority leader has instead said he is open to moving on individual aspects of the president’s package that could find bipartisan support
 
On Tuesday, Reid said he would hold an open-amendment vote on any Senate gun bill that moves through the Judiciary Committee, a move that would increase such a bill’s chances of passing but would likely limit the scope of any gun-reform measures.
 
Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) is slated to hold the Senate’s first hearings on gun violence next week.
 
Leahy has said that he would like to focus his efforts on gun reform on strengthening the nation’s criminal background check system and on banning sales of high-capacity ammunition magazines.


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Re: Sen. Feinstein ready to introduce new ban on assault weapons
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2013, 10:04:57 AM »
I'm curious what she thinks a "national registry" of the grandfathered weapons is good for.

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Re: Sen. Feinstein ready to introduce new ban on assault weapons
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2013, 10:16:42 AM »
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Re: Sen. Feinstein ready to introduce new ban on assault weapons
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2013, 01:25:18 PM »
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Feinstein's Proposed List of Banned Firearms [list ONLY]
 January 24, 2013 | Sen. Dianne Feinstein's "The Assault Weapons Ban of 2013"

Posted on Thursday, January 24, 2013 3:04:24 PM by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_Amer ica

List of Firearms Prohibited by Name:



Rifles:
All AK types, including the following:
AK, AK47, AK47S, AK–74, AKM, AKS, ARM, MAK90, MISR, NHM90, NHM91, Rock River Arms LAR–47, SA85, SA93, Vector Arms AK–47, VEPR, WASR–10, and WUM, IZHMASH Saiga AK, MAADI AK47 and ARM, Norinco 56S, 56S2, 84S, and 86S, Poly Technologies AK47 and AKS; All AR types, including the following: AR–10, AR–15, Armalite M15 22LR Carbine, Armalite M15–T, Barrett REC7, Beretta AR–70, Bushmaster ACR, Bushmaster Carbon 15, Bushmaster MOE series, Bushmaster XM15, Colt Match Target Rifles, DoubleStar AR rifles, DPMS Tactical Rifles, Heckler & Koch MR556, Olympic Arms, Remington R–15 rifles, Rock River Arms LAR–15, Sig Sauer SIG516 rifles, Smith & Wesson M&P15 Rifles, Stag Arms AR rifles, Sturm, Ruger & Co. SR556 rifles; Barrett M107A1; Barrett M82A1; Beretta CX4 Storm; Calico Liberty Series; CETME Sporter; Daewoo K–1, K–2, Max 1, Max 2, AR 100, and AR 110C; Fabrique Nationale/FN Herstal FAL, LAR, 22 FNC, 308 Match, L1A1 Sporter, PS90, SCAR, and FS2000; Feather Industries AT–9; Galil Model AR and Model ARM; Hi-Point Carbine; HK–91, HK–93, HK–94, HK–PSG–1 and HK USC; Kel-Tec Sub–2000, SU–16, and RFB; SIG AMT, SIG PE–57, Sig Sauer SG 550, and Sig Sauer SG 551; Springfield Armory SAR–48; Steyr AUG; Sturm, Ruger Mini-14 Tactical Rife M–14/20CF; All Thompson rifles, including the following: Thompson M1SB, Thompson T1100D, Thompson T150D, Thompson T1B, Thompson T1B100D, Thompson T1B50D, Thompson T1BSB, Thompson T1–C, Thompson T1D, Thompson T1SB, Thompson T5, Thompson T5100D, Thompson TM1, Thompson TM1C; UMAREX UZI Rifle; UZI Mini Carbine, UZI Model A Carbine, and UZI Model B Carbine; Valmet M62S, M71S, and M78; Vector Arms UZI Type; Weaver Arms Nighthawk; Wilkinson Arms Linda Carbine.



Pistols:
All AK–47 types, including the following: Centurion 39 AK pistol, Draco AK–47 pistol, HCR AK–47 pistol, IO Inc. Hellpup AK–47 pistol, Krinkov pistol, Mini Draco AK–47 pistol, Yugo Krebs Krink pistol; All AR–15 types, including the following: American Spirit AR–15 pistol, Bushmaster Carbon 15 pistol, DoubleStar Corporation AR pistol, DPMS AR–15 pistol, Olympic Arms AR–15 pistol, Rock River Arms LAR 15 pistol; Calico Liberty pistols; DSA SA58 PKP FAL pistol; Encom MP–9 and MP–45; Heckler & Koch model SP-89 pistol; Intratec AB–10, TEC–22 Scorpion, TEC–9, and TEC–DC9; Kel-Tec PLR 16 pistol; The following MAC types: MAC–10, MAC–11; Masterpiece Arms MPA A930 Mini Pistol, MPA460 Pistol, MPA Tactical Pistol, and MPA Mini Tactical Pistol; Military Armament Corp. Ingram M–11, Velocity Arms VMAC; Sig Sauer P556 pistol; Sites Spectre; All Thompson types, including the following: Thompson TA510D, Thompson TA5; All UZI types, including: Micro-UZI.



Shotguns:
Franchi LAW–12 and SPAS 12; All IZHMASH Saiga 12 types, including the following: IZHMASH Saiga 12, IZHMASH Saiga 12S, IZHMASH Saiga 12S EXP–01, IZHMASH Saiga 12K, IZHMASH Saiga 12K–030, IZHMASH Saiga 12K–040 Taktika; Streetsweeper; Striker 12.



Belt-fed semiautomatic firearms:
All belt-fed semiautomatic firearms including TNW M2HB.


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Re: Sen. Feinstein ready to introduce new ban on assault weapons
« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2013, 01:27:44 PM »
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Re: Sen. Feinstein ready to introduce new ban on assault weapons
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2013, 01:32:53 PM »
what a stupid bitch.  But it's good that stuff like this comes out from among the most hated in congress.  Zero way this passes.  It'll cost a lot of money to pull off that national registry so that won't fly well right now.

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Re: Sen. Feinstein ready to introduce new ban on assault weapons
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2013, 01:36:40 PM »
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