Nearly 200 Democrats Sign Onto New ‘Assault Weapon Ban’

By Tom Knighton

The Assault Weapon Ban of 1994 may well have been one of the most useless pieces of legislation in the history of the United States. History has shown that it actually accomplished nothing, yet anti-gun lawmakers have continually pushed for a new version every few years. Time and time again, they come forward with a new version, only to get smacked down.

Well, today is very different from those days.

Today, there’s a feeling on Capitol Hill that the public is clamoring for new gun control regulations, and it seems legions of Democrats are signing onto the latest incarnation. How many? Well…almost all of them.

An assault weapons ban is picking up steam in the House and on the 2020 campaign trail as Democrats search for a way to respond to two recent mass shootings while putting greater political pressure on recalcitrant Republican leaders.

Former Vice President Joe Biden, the front-runner in the Democratic presidential primary race, this week vowed to reinstate and strengthen the 1994 ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines if he’s elected president, declaring in a New York Times op-ed: “We have to get these weapons of war off our streets.”

And nearly 200 House Democrats have …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms