Senate ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban Outlaws 205 Guns

[Smokepole]

Senate ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban Outlaws 205 Guns

BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images

By AWR Hawkins
Breitbart
27 Sep 2019

The Senate “assault weapons” ban outlaws 205 specific guns, magazines holding 11 rounds or more, and bump stocks, which are already illegal.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), the bill’s sponsor, cites alleged benefits from the 1994-2004 “assault weapons” ban in an effort to bolster the chances for passage of the new version. However, she ignores the Department of Justice’s

National Institute of Justice report showing that the 1994-2004 ban could not take credit for any reduction in crime.

In addition to banning 205 different guns, “high capacity” magazines, and bump stocks, the Senate “assault weapons” ban includes a universal background check requirement for any future transfer of firearms covered by the ban.

Like the 1994-2004 ban, Feinstein’s bill defines “assault weapons” based on cosmetic features. Therefore, the legislation bans commonly owned semiautomatic rifles that take detachable magazines and “[have] one or more military characteristics including a pistol grip, a forward grip, a barrel shroud, a threaded barrel or a folding or telescoping stock.”

During the September 12, 2019, Democrat debate, Robert “Beto” O’Rourke said, “Hell yes, we’re going to take your AR-15.”

The National Shooting Sports Foundation calculates
16 million-plus privately owned AR-15s are in the United States.

[sittingbull]

Dont they try this crap every year

[Flash-hider]

Dont they try this crap every year

One of these times it will pass. Most likely after a more horrific mass shooting than any of the previous one's.

[Smokepole]

One of these times it will pass. Most likely after a more horrific mass shooting than any of the previous one's.

...Or,when we have a Democratic Senate,or POTUS!

[kbdm]

Feinstein.gov statement

For those that don't want to visit her site I have waded through the muck for you.

The Senate version of the Assault Weapons Ban of 2019 has 34 cosponsors in addition to Senator Feinstein.

Following are the key provisions of the bill:

Bans the sale, manufacture, transfer and importation of 205 military-style assault weapons by name. Owners may keep existing weapons.

Bans any assault weapon that accepts a detachable ammunition magazine and has one or more military characteristics including a pistol grip, a forward grip, a barrel shroud, a threaded barrel or a folding or telescoping stock. Owners may keep existing weapons.

Bans magazines and other ammunition feeding devices that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition, which allow shooters to quickly fire many rounds without needing to reload. Owners may keep existing magazines.

Following are exemptions to the bill:

The bill exempts by name more than 2,200 guns for hunting, household defense or recreational purposes.

The bill includes a grandfather clause that exempts all weapons lawfully possessed at the date of enactment.

Following are other provisions in the bill:

Requires a background check on any future sale, trade or gifting of an assault weapon covered by the bill.

Requires that grandfathered assault weapons are stored using a secure gun storage or safety device like a trigger lock.

Prohibits the transfer of high-capacity ammunition magazines.

Bans bump-fire stocks and other devices that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire at fully automatic rates.

Following are key updates to the bill:

Bans stocks that are “otherwise foldable or adjustable in a manner that operates to reduce the length, size, or any other dimension, or otherwise enhances the concealability of a firearm.”

Bans assault pistols that weigh 50 or more ounces when unloaded, a policy included in the original 1994 ban.

Bans assault pistol stabilizing braces that transform assault pistols into assault rifles by allowing the shooter to shoulder the weapon and fire more accurately.

Bans Thordsen-type grips and stocks that are designed to evade a ban on assault weapons.

[MountainGun]

Owners may keep existing weapons.

So if the 16 million+ ARs out there are grandfathered in, what does this ban accomplish?

How would one determine that a "pre-ban" item is really a pre-ban item?

[kbdm]

So if the 16 million+ ARs out there are grandfathered in, what does this ban accomplish?

How would one determine that a "pre-ban" item is really a pre-ban item?

Don't count on them being grandfathered in in the final bill, this is to lessen resistance.

[JohnJak]

Don't count on them being grandfathered in in the final bill, this is to lessen resistance.

[Flash-hider]

So if the 16 million+ ARs out there are grandfathered in, what does this ban accomplish?

How would one determine that a "pre-ban" item is really a pre-ban item?

They will initialy grandfather them so to make it easier to pass. However, down the road it will be shown that even the grandfathered ones are a threat to the public and confiscation is the only solution.

[kryl]

If Congress would ban themselves from holding office that would really be good for the country.