I have a great many friends who are democrats and staunch supporters of the Second Amendment, but that is on a personal level. That being said, when it comes to politicians, Democrat seems to be synonymous with gun control and the assault on our Second Amendment rights. Today, the Democrats demonstrated that unity and showed their desire to strip us of our Second Amendment rights. You don’t have to take my word for it. Here is the the press release put out by longtime gun control advocate Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
Washington—Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today led a group of senators in introducing the Assault Weapons Ban of 2019, an updated bill to ban the sale, transfer, manufacture and importation of military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines.
In addition to Feinstein, Murphy and Blumenthal, cosponsors of the bill include Senators Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Tom Carper (D-Del.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.).
“Last year we saw tens of thousands of students nationwide take to the streets to demand action to stop mass shootings and stem the epidemic of gun violence that plagues our communities. Our youngest generation has grown up with active-shooter drills, hiding under their desks—and now they’re saying enough is enough,” said Senator Dianne Feinstein. “Americans across the nation are asking Congress to reinstate the federal ban on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. If we’re going to put a stop to mass shootings and protect our children, we need to get these weapons of war off our streets.”
“Military-style assault rifles are the weapons of choice for mass murderers. There’s just no reason why these guns, which were designed to kill as many people as quickly as possible, are sold to the public,” said Senator Chris Murphy. “This past year, we’ve seen Americans rise up and demand Congress change our gun laws. Banning assault weapons would save lives, and I’m proud to join Senator Feinstein in introducing this bill.”
“Assault weapons and high-capacity magazines are deadly and dangerous weapons of war that belong on battlefields—not our streets. They have no purpose for self-defense or hunting, and no business being in our schools, churches and malls,” said Senator Richard Blumenthal. “By passing this legislation, Congress can honor the memory of the beautiful lives cut short by military-style assault weapons in Newtown, Parkland, Las Vegas, San Bernardino and far too many other American cities. This is the year for my colleagues to turn our rhetoric into reality and finally end America’s gun violence epidemic.”
Key Provisions
- 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.
Exemptions to 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.
Other Provisions
- 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.
Updates to Assault Weapons Ban of 2017:
- 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.
Mass Shootings That Took Place Last Year Using Military-style Assault Rifles
- Las Vegas, Nev. (October 2018): In the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, a gunman opened fire on concertgoers in Las Vegas, killing 58 people and injuring 422 others. The gunman used multiple AR-15 style assault rifles fitted with bump-fire stocks.
- Sutherland Springs, Texas (October 2018): A gunman entered a church killing 26 parishioners and injuring 20 others. His weapon was an AR-15 style assault rifle.
- Parkland, Fla. (February 2018): A student at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School opened fire on his classmates and teachers, killing 17 and injuring 17 more.
Where do you start with a load of bunk like this?
First, to support the Democrats’ claim, two of the three tragedies they are attempting to exploit as happening last year actually happened in 2017. But how effective would it be to only have one instance to point to when you are trying to gin up fear? I guess they would prefer to “misstate” the dates.
Looking at the provisions, there really isn’t anything significant here that wasn’t included in the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban, which, incidentally, showed zero evidence of preventing crime. While the violent crime rate involving firearms did drop through each year the ban was in effect, that rate had already started dropping before the bill was signed and enacted. It also continued to drop after the bill sunset, even though firearm ownership (including “assault-style” weapons) skyrocketed, according to FBI statistics.
Perhaps the Democrats need to look at the study—commissioned by the Department of Justice—that examined the 1994–2004 Assault Weapons Ban’s effectiveness.
“It’s little wonder then that a 2004 study commissioned by the DOJ found that the federal ban [on assault rifles] didn’t lead to any decrease in gun crime or gun deaths. For starters, rifles, assault or otherwise, are rarely used in gun crime,” Adam Winkler, a constitutional law professor at UCLA Law School, wrote in a 2015 Los Angeles Times op-ed.
Yet, that is exactly what the Democrats are trying to ban again!
The proposed Assault Weapons Ban of 2019 also bans 205 firearm by name. Didn’t Feinstein learn anything from California’s TEC-9 ban in 1989? In 1990 Intratec TEC-DC9 (Designated for California). Essentially, it was the exact same gun with a few cosmetic changes such as removing the rings to hold the sling and name change.
The bill includes an exemption for all of the legally possessed weapons this bill seeks to ban by grandfathering them. How many tens of millions of guns do equate to? How effective could their ban be? And not that I want to give the anti gun Democrats any ideas, but this bill does nothing to prevent you from building a ghost gun. Yep, a bit of work on an 80% lower and you have one their “so-called” assault weapons!
Fear Communications – I know something about this. In fact, it was the subject of my Masters thesis.
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.
Suddenly the gun gets scary when it has a pistol grip. And those barrel shrouds—the inhumanity! I know dozens of 3-Gun competitors driving their rifles from target to target ‘lickety split’ using a C clamp grip, but heaven forbid someone has a forward grip on their rifle. Did anyone stop to actually think about what they were typing when they wrote this nonsense?
The Democrats have given so much material here, as this proposal is flawed in so many ways, but I’ll leave that for you, the reader, to sound off in the comments section.
What is your analysis of the Democrats Assault Weapons Ban of 2019? Share your answers in the comment section.
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SOSO,and add the RINOs to this warped coalition.Schumer has always been a leftist shyster.
I WANT OUT OF NEW YORK STATE
From California to New York all the way to Texas. America prepare to defend yourselves
HR5717 wasnt introduced by the dems. No news report about that I see. Remind me which president opened the floodgates with the bump stock ban? Last I checked it was the orange one.
Who introduced HR 5717?
in the last paragraph you will notice this is a plan to disarm all democrats
Today, U.S. Representatives Ted Deutch (D-FL-22), Susan W. Brooks (R-IN-05), Fred Upton (R-MI-06), and Debbie Dingell (D-MI-12) held a press conference to introduce H.R. 5717, the Jake Laird Act, a bipartisan bill named after an Indianapolis, Indiana police officer who was shot and killed in 2004 in the line of duty by a man who struggled with mental illness.
This bill provides grants to encourage states to adopt laws, similar to Indiana’s 2005 Jake Laird Law, that enable local law enforcement, with probable cause, to seize and retain firearms from individuals who are determined to be an imminent danger to themselves or others.
I remember being young and dumb to, but I’m so old now I have seen a ban on everything, magazine capacity, removable flash suppressors, armor piercing ammo, folding stocks, antenna stocks, AR-15s and AK-47s and all those things made a miraculous comeback , there’s plenty of other items that make your gun seem fully automatic, but I don’t think you really care about bump stocks do you? You came here to bash a great president, see you in 2020, good luck liberal
“I remember being young and dumb” “liberal”- I see the dumb part still applies.
You’re right i didn’t care about bumpstocks. I care about the fact that they’re a precursor to any gun grabbing pos saying “well it just alters semi auto fire so lets ban semi auto rifles as well.” Once again who authored the red flag law that states CONFISCATION would be legal? Last i checked it wasnt democraps.
“Bash a great president”- You mean a draft dodging golf player who has repeatedly insulted our vets, advocated loss of constitutional rights, lied about a wall, and has twitter temper tantrums whenever he screws up? Then you and I have very different definitions of what “great”, “honorable”, and “mature” mean. I’d say do some research and pay attention before opening your ignorant mouth but facts are your enemy aren’t they?
Your anti President Trump rant is something to behold! I only can ask you one question? Do you think we would be better off right now with Hillary Clinton as president and all her gun control plans? We would all like to see someone in the Oval Office that is 100% pro-gun! President Trump comes close to being that as far back as I can remember. Even President Reagon supported the Machine Gun freeze!
You are such a SILLY goose, you silly, you!
Bitch and moan and make juvenile comments such as “the orange one” but make no sensible suggestions as to a solution. I suspect you are one of the Anti-gun ilk here to stir the pot, huh?
Seems like YOU are one of the problems and in no way a responsible gun owner and/or Pro 2nd amendment type.
Get back into your Mommies basement and ask her to bring you down some more Hot Pockets and Tide Pods.
Oh, and don’t forget a couple of Snickers Bars.
You know how you get. LOL
And now WE know how you get.
Some people’s kids, I SWEAR. SMDH
Wow more “intelligent” comments and character attacks. No questions answered just insults. Maybe read my entire comment and look up what im saying… No? Pathetic.
You just did the exact same thing. Where is your solution instead of a name calling rant?
The reason you didn’t see any “ news “ report about the bill is because CNN , MSNBC , ABC , CBS & NBC , the “ news “ sources you obviously listen too nevertells the truth anyway…
“The news channels you obviously watch”- Wow what an original comment with so much thought.<-sarcasm
I actually got that bill off of a few progun channels i watch on youtube. It seems like you people live in this fantasy land with the liberals where your party can do no wrong and the other party is wrong. Wow that's such an intelligent stand point given that if you actually took some time to drop that bill into the search bar on congress' website you'd see 9 republicans names signed on it and 1 who authored it. You knew that already right? I'd guess no considering you're to busy projecting your grievances against a news station.
I’m hearing a lot of bitching and I know this is no surprise and you had plenty of time to go buy all the bump stocks you wanted and I have yet to see any enforcement . just let the NRA and other groups handle it. But feel free to cast your vote it any of your local voter registers email your local government and voice your opinion. But as a Hunter, I have never had a use in such a thing oh, I don’t have the money to shoot 5.56 or 7.62 at an endless rate
The nra gave that twit an A+ rating! When he banned them they called asking for more money! There are numerous other groups that actually work on changing legislation like this instead of asking for more cash so they can send you a tote bag.
I don’t see the point in owning a bump stock either steve but just because you don’t “see confiscation” doesnt mean it isn’t happening. There are videos all over the place from areas where legal precedence similar hr 5717 has passed and it’s not pretty.
Email my local government? Yeah because a preplanned response followed by have a nice day has fixed so much in the past like getting obama out of office. It’s the consistent chipping away at 2A rights by people who claim to be “X” or “Y” only to have their track record and voter values display the exact opposite.You want real change? Stop voting based solely on party values and look what they as a person actually say.
I want real positive change. I want an NRA that was like when heston was running it. Promoting education, safety, training, and sportsmanship instead of just fund solicitation and blanket ownership.
Don’t answer the question, you just introduce another one to evade, and then accuse what the author poses…. that’s straight out of “rules for radicals” by Alinsky.
You must be too young to remember the lame brained liberal who started this assault weapons ban 20 years ago, and the “president” who supported the bill! A bump-stock ban is a non-event. Taking away our guns is a big deal. Get behind something that matters. Bump stocks aren’t even necessary if you know how to shoot that AR.
While there seems to be debate on the origin of the following quote, it’s simplicity is great as it addresses the primary purpose of the second amendment as a guard against government tyranny …
“The beauty of the second amendment is that it will not be needed until the government attempts to impede upon it.”
I just lost 50 intelligence points after reading this. How stupid/dumb/ignorant/inane/asinine
are these ‘people’?
Not to draw derisive comments on those who voted for these brain-dead representatives, but, c’mon folks.
Are they really, really wanting a full blown revolution? I hope the hell not.
This is idiocy on stilts. For [BANGING HEAD INTO WALL] the same broken-record reasons. Want to stop gun violence? First, prosecute felons in possession to the fullest extent of the law – don’t let them plea out. And if you really, really want to address gun violence, which they don’t want to do, look at the statistics: which firearms account for the highest percentage of gun-related homicides (let’s just throw out zeroing in on murder, as too many can plead down…)? Handguns. But that would never float, and justifiably so. So we must always go after the “scary black gun,” the one that Democrats would claim will sneak into your room, shoot you, rape your spouse, and steal your lunch money before lo-jacking your car to hit the strip joints. News flash: a gun is a tool, just like a fork, a lawn mower or a car (which results in a higher % of homicides than the Scary Black Rifle (c) by orders of magnitude). The user’s intent is paramount, period. A stove will not burn you if you don’t touch it when it’s hot. I learned that around, oh, age 4. I was a slow on the uptake…
So, if we want we can keep out grandfathered in doctor? Er.., I mean rifle. Once you throw in your lot with Socialist the lies get easier and come more often. I really find it hard to see past the failed economic policies, soul crushing police states and mountains of dead bodies that Socialism and Communism have produced in history clearly enough to enjoy the glorious future they promise.
Lets ban Democrats! They allow illegal immigrants and terrorist to flood
across our borders and then take away our ability to defend ourselves!
VOTE THEM OUT!
Oh yea…
The idiots just voted them back in!
banning them will do nothing!!!!!!! When a bad person wants a gun, he will find it, even if he has to make it himself!!!!
You got it all wrong. O was the greatest gun salesman in history. We never sold more guns under any other president. The dems are just trying to do their part too. The more they banter on banning guns, the more guns are sold. They are just trying to arm the populist.
Clearly, guns are not the cause of mass shootings and gun control does nothing to prevent them. In fact, gun control increases the likelihood of mass shootings because criminals know that citizens are disarmed and helpless. The other thing that bothers me is they keep calling them assault rifles. The “AR” in AR-15 does not stand for an Assault rifle in any way. It stands for “ArmaLite Rifle” after the firm that designed the weapon in the 1950s.
I am sick of the term “ assault “ rifle…the general public does not have access to “ assault “ rifles, only the military has that capability…what about a baseball bat ? A knife ? What about any other gun and hundreds of other inanimate objects ?…I can certainly use those as “ assault “ weapons if I assault someone with them…the voidness of a democrat mind came up with that term and it makes it appear as the evil weapon the left wants you to think that they are…assault is an action , nor an object…
Only thing I see here is the Sales of AR Type firearms increasing three fold.. Just like Obama the left are the best gun salespeople ever.
What about all the women out there that have been assaulted by a friendly weapon! You don’t here a ban proposal on them!
Everyone here making anti Trump statements about gun control, I have only one question? Do you think we would be better off right now with Hillary Clinton as president with all her gun control ideas?
OK Christians, don’t say I didn’t tell you. Why didn’t you get off your collective asses and vote in the mid-terms. Did you think president Trump could do it all on his own? Now we Nancy and Chuck running the show. You might want to vote in the next general election, or lose the country.
Just saying…………
Disarmament of a populace by a government, especially with those that lean towards socialism, has an “illustrious” history.
First disarm the people- under the guise of ‘safety’ of course- then control and subdue them at best. Mass murder at worse. In a word: tyranny. It’s precisely why the 2nd Amendment is in the Bill of Rights.
If they keep going down this path, Ginsburg, Schumer and all these other Marxist will end up on the same list historically as Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot and even fascist like Hitler. That will be their legacy: citizen disarmament.
These hypocrites, these tyrants, these smooth talking, wealthy, elitist career politicians with their heavily armed security details are nothing more than enemies of this Constitutional Republic and should be dealt with accordingly.
I don’t care if you’re left, right or in the middle but if you believe a politician wants to take away guns for “public safety” then I would suggest an even cursory review of history. Power and control is what they seek. Always have, always will. A disarmed proletariat is their goal. Period.