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In reply to the discussion: Impact of Assault Weapons Ban - Illustration- [View all]LAGC
(5,330 posts)63. Feinstein's bill:
Following is a summary of the 2013 legislation:
Bans the sale, transfer, importation, or manufacturing of:
120 specifically-named firearms
Certain other semiautomatic rifles, handguns, shotguns that can accept a detachable magazine and have one military characteristic
Semiautomatic rifles and handguns with a fixed magazine that can accept more than 10 rounds
Strengthens the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban and various state bans by:
Moving from a 2-characteristic test to a 1-characteristic test
Eliminating the easy-to-remove bayonet mounts and flash suppressors from the characteristics test
Banning firearms with thumbhole stocks and bullet buttons to address attempts to work around prior bans
Bans large-capacity ammunition feeding devices capable of accepting more than 10 rounds.
Protects legitimate hunters and the rights of existing gun owners by:
Grandfathering weapons legally possessed on the date of enactment
Exempting over 900 specifically-named weapons used for hunting or sporting purposes and
Exempting antique, manually-operated, and permanently disabled weapons
Requires that grandfathered weapons be registered under the National Firearms Act, to include:
Background check of owner and any transferee;
Type and serial number of the firearm;
Positive identification, including photograph and fingerprint;
Certification from local law enforcement of identity and that possession would not violate State or local law; and
Dedicated funding for ATF to implement registration
Bans the sale, transfer, importation, or manufacturing of:
120 specifically-named firearms
Certain other semiautomatic rifles, handguns, shotguns that can accept a detachable magazine and have one military characteristic
Semiautomatic rifles and handguns with a fixed magazine that can accept more than 10 rounds
Strengthens the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban and various state bans by:
Moving from a 2-characteristic test to a 1-characteristic test
Eliminating the easy-to-remove bayonet mounts and flash suppressors from the characteristics test
Banning firearms with thumbhole stocks and bullet buttons to address attempts to work around prior bans
Bans large-capacity ammunition feeding devices capable of accepting more than 10 rounds.
Protects legitimate hunters and the rights of existing gun owners by:
Grandfathering weapons legally possessed on the date of enactment
Exempting over 900 specifically-named weapons used for hunting or sporting purposes and
Exempting antique, manually-operated, and permanently disabled weapons
Requires that grandfathered weapons be registered under the National Firearms Act, to include:
Background check of owner and any transferee;
Type and serial number of the firearm;
Positive identification, including photograph and fingerprint;
Certification from local law enforcement of identity and that possession would not violate State or local law; and
Dedicated funding for ATF to implement registration
http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/assault-weapons
But I don't think its going anywhere in this Congress.
If Biden's Task Force came up with some of your safety recommendations though, that would be a step in the right direction, and might actually have a chance of passage.
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but there were fewer sold and high capacity magazines were not being sold
Motown_Johnny
Jan 2013
#25
The fact that the number after the ban expired is more than twice what it was before the ban...
PoliticAverse
Jan 2013
#3
Question- How many of those killings involved assault weapons? Were there more incidents or larger
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#15
All you did is highlight that a subsection of one age group shifted.You didn't refute anything.
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#16
Info on types of guns used in mass shootings. Interesting. Not wanting to argue with anyone
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#33
We could limit (even handgun) magazines to 6, but it only takes a split second to reload.
LAGC
Jan 2013
#38
And like second-hand smoke, extended responsibility for children in the home.
libdem4life
Jan 2013
#79
How many shootings involved assault weapons? Were there more incidents or larger body counts?
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#18
This reaffirms my position that we need to address violence in general…not just guns
KittyWampus
Jan 2013
#23
Can you tell which one of these were banned? One of these were banned, and one was legal.
Separation
Jan 2013
#39
If you assume they are both functional semi-automatics, you can tell by looking
Recursion
Jan 2013
#60
and yet, i've had people posting the exact opposite stats over the past few weeks
samsingh
Jan 2013
#54
not more irrational than stockpiling weapons to fight the government in the event
samsingh
Jan 2013
#85
The graph is misleading, the bans are more at fault for this graph than the weapon is
madville
Jan 2013
#61
Graphs and statistics fail at the most basic of the idea of the cost of weapon mayhem.
libdem4life
Jan 2013
#83
Facts for our pro-NRA "pro gun progressives"* are like garlic to a vampire: but that chart is
apocalypsehow
Jan 2013
#92
So the fact that military style semi-automatic rifles were legal during the AWB is spin?
hack89
Jan 2013
#100
Facts for our pro-NRA "pro gun progressives"* are like garlic to a vampire: but that chart is
apocalypsehow
Jan 2013
#104
Ooohh...the poster still has problems with the reading portion of the reply(s). That's unfortunate.
apocalypsehow
Jan 2013
#109