Feinstein gun bill plugs state ban holes
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Feinstein-gun-bill-plugs-state-ban-holes-4246558.phpSen. Dianne Feinstein's push for a national ban on the sale of assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines is focusing attention on California's decision 23 years ago to prohibit some military-style guns, a pioneering move that also sprang from a school massacre.
But while Feinstein's bill is patterned after the California ban, it seeks to avoid some of the pitfalls of a state law that still stirs fierce debate - over whether it is fair, whether it has made people safer, and whether loopholes have rendered it meaningless.
The California ban outlawed the sale of some rifles and pistols capable of rapid-fire attacks, but left many others legal. It survived court challenges, but gun makers found ways around it, selling firearms that were similar to banned ones.
Guns purchased before the ban were protected by a grandfather clause. And criminals exploited looser gun-buying laws in Nevada, Arizona and other nearby states, bringing forbidden weapons back over the border.
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...knees jerking...
Leahy and Reid have not ENDORSED it - they have not OPPOSED it either.
try again
yup
"But he said he hasn't decided whether to embrace the president's call to ban new assault weapons."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/18/angus-king-weapons-ban_n_2502367.html
Enjoy your stay on Fantasy Island!
yup
Here's the date of your link:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/18/angus-king-weapons-ban_n_2502367.html
Here's the date of my link:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-25/assault-weapons-ban-lacks-democratic-votes-to-pass-senate.html
Where am I wrong or living on Fantasy Island?
It's really ok to face reality and admit that the AWB is DOA. 
It is YOU that is wrong.
This gun is specifically called out in the legislation as being illegal under the AWB:
This gun is specifically called out in the legislation as being legal under the AWB:
They are both Ruger Mini-14s
http://www.ruger.com/products/mini14TacticalRifle/models.html
pistol grips make antigunners think about penises. And barrel shrouds remind them of condoms. Verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry scary.
Assault whale with 'pistol grip'
...makes a gun "look" deadly, kind of like a racing stripe makes a car "look" fast. 
