Feinsteins Assault Weapons Ban Defeated

Freedom Outpost

by Tim Brown

As Gun Owners of America Communications Director Erich Pratt said, there is a domino effect taking place in the United States Senate and Freedom is winning the battle! Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), the ugly face of tyranny, was shamed today as her treasonous assault weapons ban bill suffered a huge blow. She didn’t even come close to getting the votes needed.

The votes were 40-60.

The legislation that would have banned the sale of 157 different semi-automatic weapons, including handguns and even shotguns, along with high capacity magazines has come to its much deserved end.

This bill was similar but even more expansive than her previous gun ban bill that was passed in 1994 and signed into law by Bill Clinton. The bill was demonstrably non effective, except keeping law abiding citizens from purchasing the various weapons on the list.

While Feinstein got the support of Majority leader Harry Reid (D-NV) along with various other Democrats, she just couldn’t make her dreams of disarming Americans of semi-automatic weapons a reality. Reid said from the Senate floor, “I believe you should have the right to own a gun,” Reid said on the Senate floor. “But you do not need an assault weapon to defend yourself and your property. Assault weapons have one purpose and one purpose alone, to kill a lot of people very quickly.”

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