Senate Democrats introduce new ban on ‘assault weapons’

By Chris Eger

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., talks with a reporter before the Senate Policy luncheons in the Capitol on September 12, 2017. (Photo: Tom Williams/AP)
A bill “to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited” was introduced Wednesday with the intention to restart and expand the former federal assault weapon ban.
Sponsored by U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and 23 fellow Democrats, S.2095, aims to regulate firearms classified by the bill as “assault weapons” as well as their magazines and bump stocks accessories. Feinstein said the goal of the legislation was that it would be in the wings whenever lawmakers are ready to act on it.
“We’re introducing an updated Assault Weapons Ban for one reason: so that after every mass shooting with a military-style assault weapon, the American people will know that a tool to reduce these massacres is sitting in the Senate, ready for debate and a vote,” said Feinstein in a statement.
The architect of the initial Assault Weapons Ban which passed in 1994 by a narrow 52-48 vote but expired after 10 years, Feinstein has revamped her new effort to include a prohibition on the manufacture, import, or sale of 205 firearms identified by name.
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Source: Guns.com