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Here We Go: Diane Feinstein to Introduce Legislation to Ban Semi-Automatic Weapons

rusty_angel Wrote: Dec 17, 2012 10:38 AM

The Virginia Tech shooter killed 32 people and injured 17 with two rifles - no assault weapons were used. Making assault weapons illegal will not stop massacres. twitter.com/blackrepubprobz

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tibby2 Wrote: Dec 17, 2012 11:04 AM

Another "gun-free zone".

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Earl29 Wrote: Dec 17, 2012 10:49 AM

Please, rusty, pay attention. Semi-automatic rifles are not assault weapons. They fire only once at one pull of the trigger. This low rate of fire is not sufficient to suppress enemy fire, a necessity for an assault weapon. Mortars can suppress enemy fire; machine guns can suppress enemy fire; semi-automatic weapons cannot.

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Here We Go: Diane Feinstein to Introduce Legislation to Ban Semi-Automatic Weapons

When Congress is back in session in January, California Democrat Diane Feinstein plans to introduce legislation to ban the import, export, manufacturing, sale and transfer of what she calls "assault weapons." Feinstein didn't get into specific detail about what weapons would be affected, after all the term "assault" is a political one and the proper name for the guns Feinstein is trying to ban is "semi-automatic," which can include both handguns and rifles. Feinstein told NBC's David Gregory yesterday that ammunition clips holding more than 10 bullets would be banned should her bill become law.