Posted November 8, 2017 4:25 pm by Comments

By Tom Knighton

You had to know it was coming. In the wake of two deadly mass shootings where a maniac happened to choose an AR-15 style rifle to unleash his mayhem with, you had to know that Sen. Dianne Feinstein would reintroduce an assault weapon ban. Well, folks, it’s here now.

JUST IN: Sen. Feinstein and Senate Democrats introduce bill to ban assault weapons pic.twitter.com/d94tkH6ASo

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The bill will ban the sale of any weapon that can accept a detachable magazine and has even one of the prohibited features such as a pistol grip, a forward grip, a barrel shroud, a threaded barrel, or a folding or collapsible stock. At this point, it doesn’t appear to differentiate between pistols or rifles. In other words, your Ruger LC9 or Walther PPK may well be banned, though the bill does include a grandfather clause.

The bill does specifically exempt 2,200 firearms by name for various approved purposes such as hunting and home defense. It’s probable that most handguns are going to be on that list. However, that now creates difficulties when it comes to introducing new products to market as semi-automatic handguns …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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