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So-Called ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban Introduced in Congress… Yet Again

House Democrats are bringing the Assault Weapons Ban back.

This time they want to add a few tweaks to it.

U.S. Rep. David N. Cicilline, D-RI, recently introduced H.R 1296, the Assault Weapons Ban of 2019. Cicilline is not alone as 190 co-sponsors from his party have joined him in pushing this piece of gun control legislation forward.

Guns.com provided a sobering breakdown of what this latest gun grab entails.

For a start, the bill would “would bar the importation, production, or transfer of 205 firearms by name to include a myriad of semi-auto AR-15 and AK-47 variants.” Beyond that, “any semi-auto rifle with a detachable magazine and any “military-style feature” such as a barrel shroud, pistol grip or threaded barrel” would also fall under the ban. Semi-auto rifles with a fixed magazine “capable of holding more than 10 rounds” would also face the wrath of this ban.

Read the full story from Big League Politics


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