Proposed Federal Assault Weapons Ban of 2013
Round-up of Developments Regarding Senator Feinstein’s Proposed Assault Weapons Ban
Senator Feinstein’s proposed Assault Weapons Ban is close to dying in the Senate On March 19, 2013 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced that he won’t include Senator Feinstein’s proposed Assault Weapons Ban in firearm-related legislation he plans to introduce to a full Senate vote. Reid said: “I’m not going to try to put something…
Weak Support in the Senate for Senator Feinstein’s Assault Weapons Ban of 2013
Our previous post summarized Senator Feinstein’s proposed Assault Weapons Ban of 2013, following release of the full text of the bill. In a January 27, 2013 interview on CNN’s State of the Union, Senator Feinstein conceded that getting her bill passed by the Senate – let alone the House — will be an uphill fight…
Senator Feinstein Introduces Assault Weapons Ban of 2013
Senator Feinstein has introduced her proposed Assault Weapons Ban of 2013. This proposed federal legislation is similar to what she proposed in December and includes some provisions similar to New York’s Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement (SAFE) Act of 2013. The Senator’s own summary of S.150 – “A bill to regulate assault weapons,…
New York State Provides Guidance on Banned Assault Weapons
Pursuant to the recently adopted Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act of 2013 (NY SAFE Act), New York State has expanded its ban on assault weapons by significantly broadening its definition of assault weapon. New York State previously banned assault weapons using a “two-feature” test taken from the now-expired federal assault weapons ban. This has…