\”Assault Weapons\” Ban. During consideration of gun control legislation (S. 649), Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) offered an amendment that would ban the future manufacture, import, sale, transfer, or possession of certain semi-automatic firearms considered to be \”assault weapons.\”
According to an article by Tim Brown entitled \”Dianne Feinstein\’s Assault Weapons Ban Defeated,\” posted on freedomoutpost.com on April 17, 2013, \”The legislation that would have banned the sale of 157 different semi-automatic weapons, including handguns and even shotguns, along with high capacity magazines has come to its much deserved end. This bill was similar but even more expansive than her previous gun ban bill that was passed in 1994 and signed into law by Bill Clinton.\”
The Senate rejected Feinstein\’s amendment on April 17, 2013 by a vote of 40 to 60 (Roll Call 101). We have assigned pluses to the nays because banning firearms from law-abiding citizens is a clear violation of the Constitution – the Second Amendment guarantees that our \”right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.\”
