(241) Under this analysis, semiautomatic
assault weapons would not be protected under the Second Amendment either--because they too give a shooter the capability to commit mass murder in seconds.
America needs to stop manufacturing handguns and
assault weapons, and recall the ones that currently exist.
But he said the Second Amendment wasn't written at a time when firearms were as sophisticated as today's
assault weapons.
According to the Telegraph, speaking in Minneapolis, Obama, however, tacitly acknowledged that the new consensus in Congress did not yet include an
assault weapons ban.
He said: "I know people get upset and say, 'They're going to take away the
assault weapon'.
Rambo star Sly, 66, said: "I know people get upset and go, 'They're going to take away the
assault weapon'.
"I know people get (upset) and go, 'They're going to take away the
assault weapon.' Who ...
The
Assault Weapons Ban of 1994 was challenged in the courts for
While we should be concerned with
assault weapons, the reality is that more than two-thirds of all gun murders are committed with handguns - and we haven't had a serious debate about handguns in years.
With some provisions due to take effect immediately, the legislation expands the state's ban on
assault weapons, puts limits on ammunition capacity and has new measures to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill.
FIREPOWER Sales of high-velocity
assault weapons hit a new high
Dianne Feinstein, a longtime proponent of an
assault weapons ban, said on Tuesday evening that she is likely to become the new head of the Senate Judiciary Committee.