Not even 40 votes in the Senate for the assault-weapons ban, says Reid

Not even 40 votes in the Senate for the assault-weapons ban, says Reid. “Assume that all 45 Republicans in the Senate are voting no on the AWB; that means, per Reid’s number, that there are at least 16(!) Democrats prepared to vote no as well.” Savor the richly deserved defeat of Feinstein’s “assault weapon” ban. May there be many more such richly deserved defeats.

This post was last modified on April 12, 2021

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  • Yet from a woman who when under threat carried a GUN!!!!! now she says people cant have one her dumb ass knew the only thing that could protect her on a daily basis was her frickin 9mm she coated!!!! but who are we!! she now has armed guards so we just can call 911 so they can investigate our murder!!!???

  • I think she can't understand why it passed in ¿'94? But not now. Gee DiFi could it be because the American people aren't as gullible as they were 20 years ago? It wasn't challenged then for the same reason.

  • Diane Swinestein was upset when asked about the provisions and told to ask reporters to talk to Dirty Harry about the assault weapons ban was not part of the deal..Perhaps Princess Diane it's because people can see right thru the bullshit you just flung onto the senate floor. What we need is a bill to ban assault legislation and TERM LIMITS for Swinestein and he senile old colleagues.

    I know have a new trailer hitch cover that says "Shove Gun Control Up Your...and has a picture of a donkey".....I already got a friendly wave from a passing Obama stickered Prius......

  • It is still alive in the senate. The just voted to not include in a package with anti straw purchase bills and school safety bills. Instead they want to add it to a main gun control package.

    • They'll nix Feinstein's radical package and then pass a bunch of onerous crap to make owning a gun even more difficult than it is now and then call it a "compromise" or "common sense" gun control.

      The appropriate response would be to compromise and NOT run them out of town on a rail, just giving money and time to their opponents to make sure they aren't re-elected again.

      • Don't worry, it'll be back in some form or another.

        And this "compromise" thing I keep hearing libs talk about. What do they give us in the compromise? Can anyone name a right that has been taken away, then restored?

  • "I'm not a sixth grader...." That's right you moron, you are not smarter than a fifth grader, bullets don't implode! A sixth grader would know that.

    • A 6th grader would know that assault weapons are selective fire full/semi auto and not semi automatics.