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Columbus
Dispatch
Bill to ban
assault weapons is dropped
WASHINGTON — An assault-weapons ban will not be included in a package
of gun-safety legislation that will come to the Senate floor, the
measure’s champion, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, said yesterday.
The California Democrat said her party’s leaders told her that her
legislation, approved last week in the Senate Judiciary Committee in a
party-line vote, could be offered as an amendment to the larger bill.
Feinstein expressed disappointment that her attempt to revive the 1994
ban was dropped to clear the way for other measures.“I very much regret
it. I tried my best. But my best, I guess, wasn’t good enough,”
Feinstein said.
Feinstein’s bill would prohibit the sale, import and manufacture of
more than 150 weapons and also ban ammunition magazines that can accept
more than 10 rounds. People who already legally own assault weapons —
3.5 million to 4 million, by one estimate — would be allowed to keep
them. Sale of existing weapons would require buyers to undergo
background checks.
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