Posted August 19, 2019 7:30 am by Comments (1)

By Chris Eger

More than 200 lawmakers have signed on to bills that make the 1994 federal Assault Weapon Ban look like a dress rehearsal at gun control (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com)
With a plan in the House to approve a range of gun control proposals in coming weeks, most of the Democrats on Capitol Hill are also backing a ban on “assault weapons.”
In the House, H.R.1296 has 201 Democrats signed on as co-sponsors along with a sole Republican — U.S. Rep. Peter King of New York. Meanwhile, in the Senate, U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s SB 66 has 30 co-sponsors among fellow Dems and those who caucus with them.
The twin measures are the most ambitious bans proposed in recent years. They would bar the importation, production, or transfer of 205 firearms by name to include a myriad of semi-auto AR-15 and AK-47 variants. Going past that, any semi-auto rifle with a detachable magazine and any “military-style feature” such as a barrel shroud, pistol grip or threaded barrel, would be caught in the net. Even semi-auto rifles with a fixed magazine capable of holding more than 10 rounds would be covered by the proposed new bans.
Feinstein’s bill also includes a nationwide ban on adjustable stocks, Thordsen-style

Source: Guns.com

One response to 230 Capitol Hill Dems have Signed on to Ban ‘Assault Weapons’

  1. Frank Walker August 23rd, 2019 at 1:12 am

    This is why we have to Reelect President Trump. Someone has to be our shield against idiots and Traitors.

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