US lawmakers drop bid to ban assault weapons

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he US senate on Tuesday abandoned a bid to include a ban on assault weapons in a package of proposed gun control measures, conceding the ban would lack backing by a sufficient number of senators to pass into law.
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US lawmakers dropped an effort to include a ban on assault weapons in a broader gun control package Tuesday, conceding the difficulties of passing such legislation through Congress.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, as proposed in the wake of last year's mass murder of schoolchildren in Newtown, Connecticut, did not have the votes to pass.

Senator Dianne Feinstein a member of President Barack Obama's Democrats, had tabled the ban, and it had won support from many members of her party, but not enough fellow senators to pass the 100-member chamber.

"Right now her amendment, using the most optimistic numbers, has less than 40 votes," Reid said. "I have to get something on the floor so we can have votes on that issue."

Controversial bills need 60 votes to ensure that they are not derailed by a filibuster, a parliamentary maneuver to prevent them coming to the vote.

Democrats had sought Republican support for four measures, including that background checks be required for all gun sales, that they hoped to cobble together into one bill.

The assault weapons ban, backed by the White House, passed out of committee last week on a strict party-line vote. It could be voted on separately, but it is expected to fail.

The other three bills have a chance of winning some modest Republican support and have better odds of getting through both houses of Congress.

Feinstein has admitted that her amendment faced a steep road from the start, given the opposition from even some Democrats in traditionally conservative rural states where guns are popular for hunting and sport.

It would have been a reprisal of her 1994 assault weapons ban, a bill that only squeaked through Congress because it included a sunset provision that caused it to expire in 2004.

The Feinstein measure would have prohibited the manufacture, import and sale of 157 models of assault weapons, including the one used on December 14 to kill 20 schoolchildren and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Currently only seven states and the capital Washington prohibit such guns.

US lawmakers drop bid to ban assault weapons - USA - FRANCE 24


I'm disappoint

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

im sure some dudes all over the country are on some :killercac: shyt now

oh well TUH will be happy, now yall can defend yourselves from home velociraptor invasions for the forseeable future

 

[daze23]

from my cold, dead hands

 

[porque]

lets be real that shyt had no chance of passing

not even if the vote was held the day after the Sandy Hook massacre

the important thing isnt banning assault weapons its getting some control over the process

universal background checks
allowing the gov to properly regulate gun dealers
registering weapons
limiting the amount of weapons one can buy

those in my opinion would be better

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

You should change your title to "US lawmakers drop bid to cut into a billion dollar industry"

From last year: This year, the industry is expected to rack up a steady $11.7 billion in sales and $993 million in profits.

 

[thekingsmen]

they drop it for now.....it will return with a vengeance.

 

[Jello Biafra]

Wacky Wayne got 'em shook.

 

[el_oh_el]

It ain't like it would have the effect that they want..assault weaps are RARELY identified as a murder weapon...shyt it's likely that more people are stabbed to death per year than killed with an AR

Now on the other hand...if one chooses to view this as an encroachment upon our rights that will end up trying to ban handguns as well..then I agree.

 

[the mechanic]

 

[OG Talk]

Good news.. We need them thangs on deck to protect us from liberals...

 

[Shogun]

Liberals moved on to the next outrage of the month. All politicians need to do is give these causes lip service while the bleeding hearts are fired up. Inevitably, a new outrage will surface, and no fukks will be given to what was so dire a month before.

 

[KillSpray]

both of the parties in this country are a complete joke