Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Thursday introduced a ban on more than 200 “assault weapons” after the House passed two gun-control measures pertaining to background checks.
Her bill (pdf), called the “Assault Weapons Ban of 2021,” is co-sponsored by 34 Senate Democrats and would ban ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds—similar to the bans on magazines in New York state and California.
According to the legislation, which was also introduced in the House by Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.), the ban would encompass more than 205 rifles. Feinstein’s bill would allow current owners of the guns to retain possession of them. If that gun is transferred, a person has to undergo an FBI background check before getting the firearm.
The bill also bans any weapon that has the capacity to use a magazine that isn’t a fixed ammunition magazine and has one or more characteristics such as a pistol grip, forward grip, a threaded barrel, a folding or telescoping stock, or a barrel shroud.
The bill “requires that grandfathered assault weapons are stored using a secure gun storage or safety device like a trigger lock” and prohibits the transfer of high-capacity ammunition magazines while banning “bump-fire stocks and other devices that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire at fully automatic rates,” according to a news release from Feinstein’s office. Bump-fire stocks were made illegal in March 2019.
“It’s been 17 years since the original Assault Weapons Ban expired, and the plague of gun violence continues to grow in this country. To be clear, this bill saves lives. When it was in place from 1994-2004, gun massacres declined by 37 percent compared with the decade before. After the ban expired, the number of massacres rose by 183 percent,” Feinstein said in a statement Thursday.
There are more than 20 million modern sporting rifles owned by private citizens, according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation, as reported by pro-Second Amendment website Bearingarms.com.
Republicans and gun-rights groups have said proposals from Feinstein, who has long advocated for gun control, are unconstitutional and won’t prevent firearms from getting in the hands of criminals.
“Law-abiding Americans use them for every type of lawful purpose, including personal and home defense, hunting, marksmanship competitions, and recreational target practice,” stated the National Rifle Association (NRA) when Feinstein attempted to introduce the bill in 2019. “Needless to say, however, the modern criminal element will not be playing by the antiquated rules that Feinstein hopes to apply to the rest of us,” the group asserted.
On Thursday, the House passed two Democratic-backed gun control measures, including one would that would expand background checks to those purchasing weapons over the internet, at gun shows, and through certain private transactions. Only eight Republicans joined the Democrats in backing the bill.
The second bill, passed 219-210 with only two Republicans supporting it, would give authorities 10 business days for federal background checks to be completed before a gun sale can be licensed.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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Good luck with that. Zero compliance with additional restrictions on firearms and we will live in states with constitutional carry. Bring new laws we will simply nullify at the state level. Your move asshat elites.
Best thing I can tell em on that is:
If the US citizenry don’t resist this, it won’t end there. The communists will come for everything, they WILL. NOT. STOP.
For example, our soi leader lil potato justeen banned just about every variant of gun based on color and furniture. Banning shotguns as well even tho he stated they wouldn’t. Communists lie, who’da known!?!?
BUT… That not being enough the soi is coming after…. wait for it…. airguns. Yes airguns, airsoft, paintball guns… all will be PROHIBBITED and you will be subject to CRIMINAL charges equal to crimes like robbery. Likely robbery will carry a lesser prison term.
And, because our court system has been taken over BY the communists the results are likely not going to be much in our favor. I wrote my representative to demand they stop this outrage. What I got was that they are making ‘provisions’ to exempt airguns from tight controls for the film and sporting industry, lumping in airguns with firearms. Even when I pointed out in further corespondence that airguns are not firearms, the replies are ‘like firearms’ airguns need to be regulated and there will be exceptions, thank you for writing.
So I wrote an email and linked the airguns law being introduced, to my local gun club… yawn… crickets are overwhelmingly silent too… they don’t care… just obey… needless to say I’ll not be renewing with them.
But I’m sure if you vote super hard and The Toole gets elected he will reverse all the gun bans put in by Sockboy…. Right? 🤦🏼♀️
ABSOLUTELY… I’m told if we squint a little while voting it makes the vote more better.
I guess not only will I be a mask refusenik, I’ll also be a felon under the new age democrat constitution.
The Bill of Rights isn’t a suggestion.
This is most definitely an “infringement” on our 2A right to keep and beat, but don’t hold your breath waiting on the black robed lawyers to stand up for your rights.
Well TN,would say it is then up to millions of citizens to stand up for their rights.
Remember,the first can cost you your freedom/monies/perhaps even your life,after that they are all free!
1. Those 8 Repubs need to be voted out of office.
2. Then hung from a lamppost.
NOTE: #2 is more important, and effective, than #1.
Vote harder, vote stronger, vote longer. Our votes do not matter anymore.
These cucks don’t get it, they haven’t learned history of other victims of this plague. And when they are picked up by local “authorities” they’ll be saying, but I’ve done nothing wrong. They don’t mind killing for a government that pays them, but won’t stand up to fight for their kin. YOU EARNED WHATS COMING!
This is my response to this nonsense,this is a song from Tesla’s excellent album Psychotic Suppper and sums up me feelings nicely:
You ALL will roll over and will let this happen like you’ve did before. Democrats take to the streets, YOU just bitch and complain about it in the safety of your homes. No wonder you LOSE every single time! COWARDS.
And you are doing exactly what??
Exactly the opposite of what you’re doing, compliant sheep. Grow some balls, I bet your grandfather had some, Constitutional traitor.
Watch where you’re pointing there, sonny — didn’t anybody ever tell you when you point the finger at someone you have three pointing back at you?
I bitch slap the ignorant or pretentious, no finger-pointing goes my way. I haven’t worn a mask since the beginning, never hid in my house when the “shelter in place” orders were issued by the government, have you? Pussy
Are gun makers and sellers paying these stupid politicians? Its already near impossible to find weapons, and the price for ammo is through the roof. Now prices will even go higher. And I thought Obama was the best gun salesman in history.
Craven,feel many saw this coming and thus for years sales thru the roof.The ammo thing I told many beginning of covid to stack even higher,most listened.I also told folks when most ammo thru the roof get a 7.62 upper for say AR or a weapon that uses 7.62,many listened.I will say 7.62 compared to most pricing still reasonable,expect that to end as most comes from overseas and am sure that will be shut off legally(expect a lot of black market to hit the streets then).
Now,while still available would also suggest if one does not have a good quality compound bow/cross bow.
I would also add hit this link while still up and download all,remove what has to you zero value,tis a plethora of good info.: https://archive.org/details/armchaircommando/0190201177WrongHandsPopularWeapons/page/n9/mode/2up ,best of luck to all of us in the coming spring.
They are all on it. They knew it was coming, hence no NEW supplies of ammo or weapons. Wake up sheep.
Much if not most of the recent gun buying spree and subsequent ammo shortage has been attributed to the left wing
contingent. Do you think the law will be administered equally or will only conservative ‘dissidents’ become outlaws?
Disarm everybody except the bolshies. See where this is going?
Stores knew in advance of this bill, for MONTH! Left is not buying shit, big businesses are not manufacturing or selling to the public anymore! ALL upper management known this for MONTH!
Here is a headline since the article might be too long. “Why gun sales doubled with Biden’s election ”
You might want to check your sources…
Oh really.? When was the last time you’ve seen something in MAJOR stores or product from MAJOR Manufacturers?
Anonymous
https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/12/business/gun-sales-joe-biden/index.html
A week ago I was in a local (next county from mine) store. There were lot’s of arms and 4 or 5 customers looking at them. Ammo wise There was a little bit of 22 , 7.62. and lots of 71/2 and 8 12 ga for trap shooters. What little there was ammo wise was too expensive to buy.
My point from further up is that many SJW’s entered the market and now have guns and they needed ammo which exacerbated the shortage. The Biden team are applying the law
(Proud boys get 4 years ,antifa get getout of jail card) unequally and I hyperbolated that to
conservatives getting disarmed while sjw’s get to do whatever they want which is concerning. Does that help?
Just go back to watching CNN, tool
Come and get them yourself….bitch.
Better stock up on slingshots.
Better fight while ammo is not wasted at the range and supply is non existing, or stay on your knees, you people are just a bunch of cucks here. Stand up and fight cowards!
We are right behind you. I have been reading all about your exploits. Not. What a hypocrite.
His half-cocked comments are just as valuable as those long range, short round potshots of advice from the Outback.
Do us a favor. When the rest of us have proceeded to pick up the pieces, shore up foundations, and spackle the walls, just stay where you are and cheer from a distance. We’ll let you know when it’s safe to come home. 🙂
I will not be coming “home”. And as unfortunate as it is, you are highly unlikely to be picking up the pieces. Every day that passes makes a severe collapse more and more likely. The US is in debt that cannot be repaid. It’s educational system is fucked. It has racial and demographic issues that are like a time bomb waiting to go off. The ageing population issue cannot be dealt with.
How are you going to pick up those pieces? How are you going to resurrect a middle class that has put out 2 poorly educated generations? How are you going to overcome the fact that manufacturing, the driver of the middle class as we know it, is gone and is never coming back? How are you going to deal with China, whose population is harder-working, smarter, who value education, who invest massively in tech, and who is owed untold amounts by the US and the west in general?
How are you going to address the coming collapse of the welfare systems – SS, Medicare, etc. – given the ageing population and the collapsing number of workers per each retired person? How will you address the fact that relative to global competition , US workers remain vastly overpaid relative to their productivity? How will you handle a scenario where China embargoes goods coming into the US, say including rare earths?
The US, the entire West, is fucked, and their is no picking up the pieces and putting them back together.
The question is – what will the wreck be remade into? The current system is unsustainable. The tens of millions of elderly and blacks and browns relying on welfare for their very existence are going to be screwed beyond belief. Just how are those pieces going to be picked up?
They aren’t.
Australia has enormous problems, too. But it does not have quite the demographic issues facing the US, and it can import high quality young in high numbers.
How naive of you to think you will be picking up the pieces. That chance came and went long ago. Best you may be able to do is protect your family.
Llpoh all your info on America’s coming implosion is correct . Sorry you will miss the shit show here but don’t worry the Chi-Com’s are creeping your way down under too .
The liberal left Aussies are already disarmed and that happened with little more than a few farts in the wind . Now where your mask and accept your fate good luck !
Nobody told me I am disarmed! Damn, I better check on that. Sarc off.
Yup, China is a worry. Not only here.
How are you doing handling that southern invasion you are experiencing? At least the Chinese are not yet landing here.
It’s not an invasion didn’t you hear Biden is stamping Democrat on their asses and anyone over 16 gets a voters card . As for individual fire power down under I thought most if not all individuals lost their guns after a mass shooting and a leftist wine fest
You don’t know squat about the people here. Your arrogance and tone seem to indicate TROLL!
You’re one hell of a keyboard commando!
and start hoarding sticks and stones.
I would be more interested in a ban on politicians.
I think people could come up with a list of 205 Democrat politicians to ban.
What about the other half of The Party?
Feinstein’s desire to disarm American citizens is not new .
Her comment years ago that if it was up to her Mr & Mrs America line up and turn in your guns is unbelievable coming from a Jew who should know what happens when the government disarms the population . Box cars full of people rounded up and forced to do as they are told as they are exterminated . History regardless how horrific can and does repeat itself .
Of course what can or should we expect from a group of leftist socialist politicians who have been a permanent fixture in DC government for so long their indifference to the people is only outweighed by their senility !
She is a elderly bombastic ignorant senile bitch that belongs in a elder care home not making decisions for herself let alone the population of Americans still standing !
Refuse & Resist
FORGET ME NOT
Rules for thee, but not for me.
Calling Pharisees hypocrites earned Jesus a place on the cross. Nothing has changed except the times, names, and the language. The Cancel Culture of today is just as grasping and pernicious as it was back then.
The story of this gun ban,
is just how many Rino’s sign on to it.
The dems NEVER break ranks.
Only the rino’s back stab their voters
every single time….
here’s one that rino rubio introduced awhile back–
https://redrighttimes.com/rino-senator-introduces-gun-grabbing-bill-hint-it-wasnt-romney/
Mark Skidmore, the guy who noticed $21 trillion missing from govt coffers had found additional money missing. He says $94 TRILLION may be missing.
We’re going to need those guns. That’s why (((they))) want them.
In Osaka Japan, you can buy rocket launchers, M50 machine guns, grenade launchers and Barret 50’s displayed in the shop fronts. They are Not cheap but new , unused
No one shoots anyone.
I just think about the USSR and Rome back in the imperial days. If you read accounts of the time, both were at a point where EVERYTHING was either illegal or heavily taxed. Then the “enforcers” were getting hungry, and they had MANY more enforcers than we actually have today. This is another form of lockdown attempt, a lockdown of weapons. We already know the next step will be making knives illegal as in the UK.
I recommend people go read things written during Prohibition – because there weren’t enough enforcers back then for what they were trying to do, not even with the Christian right wing nut nannies.
There will be a point where most things are illegal or heavily taxed. When that point is reached, then nothing will be illegal or taxed…
What should be banned are liberals.