Via Drudge, below is the summary of Diane Feinstein’s legislation that she will introduce in January to ban certain semiautomatic weapons including some handguns. She also wants ‘grandfathered’ weapons to be registered along with fingerprints of the owner.

Yeah, don’t you love big government?

  • Bans the sale, transfer, importation, or manufacturing of:
    • 120 specifically-named firearms
    • Certain other semiautomatic rifles, handguns, shotguns that can accept a detachable magazine and have one military characteristic
    • Semiautomatic rifles and handguns with a fixed magazine that can accept more than 10 rounds
  • Strengthens the 1994 Assault Weapons Banand various state bans by:
    • Moving from a 2-characteristic test to a 1-characteristic test
    • Eliminating the easy-to-remove bayonet mounts and flash suppressors from the characteristics test
    • Banning firearms with “thumbhole stocks” and “bullet buttons” to address attempts to “work around” prior bans
  • Bans large-capacity ammunition feeding devices capable of accepting more than 10 rounds.
  • Protects legitimate hunters and the rights of existing gun owners by:
    • Grandfathering weapons legally possessed on the date of enactment
    • Exempting over 900 specifically-named weapons used for hunting or sporting purposes and
    • Exempting antique, manually-operated, and permanently disabled weapons
  • Requires that grandfathered weapons be registered under the National Firearms Act, to include:
    • Background check of owner and any transferee;
    • Type and serial number of the firearm;
    • Positive identification, including photograph and fingerprint;
    • Certification from local law enforcement of identity and that possession would not violate State or local law; and
    • Dedicated funding for ATF to implement registration

I doubt this has any chance of passing the House, but you never know. If Boehner (or whoever) puts it to a vote and 20 some RINOs vote with the Democrat minority, it could pass. Here’s hoping we have a speaker with backbone next year.




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TIMERUNNER
TIMERUNNER

Oh well, isn't Diane just cute can be....

LibertysSon
LibertysSon

This Bill will never get by the House...Period..

greg2318
greg2318

you have to see the big picture.. yes guns is a part of it..take the guns.. people can rise up or defend themselves.. also.. Education.. Cut funds keep make people uneducated and pass on propaganda.. Change History.. Cut Medical benefits and make the people rely on the Government. Jobs.. Keep jobs at a minimum Keep people addicted to the government for hand outs.. Oh.. Gay marriage.. were does that fit in. Like Hitler, he registered Jews. Gipsy's..Gays.. and we all know what happened to them. Gays just need to register for a marriage licenses and guess what.. the government knows who they are.. If you trust Obama your a fool..

NJK
NJK

Diane carries a concealed weapon. Will she ban AK-47's from the drug cartels, that kill Americans and Mexicans? That's the real question.

mikeinidaho
mikeinidaho

The Senate can TRY to ban whatever it wants to, but until the House goes along with them, the bill is just so much wallpaper.

cheyennecowboy
cheyennecowboy

WOW! Sounds like Diane is pretty street smart and has irrefutable knowledge of firearms. Well.......NOT EXACTLY! I wonder who really wrote this diatribe of hers? Probably some bumbling libtard with a propensity for wanting control of EVERYTHING. Just like odumbacare, we have to pass it to see what's in it. Don't ever fall for that again! For some reason...they,...libtards, that is, never tell us the truth. LIES, LIES, AND MORE LIES is their mantra.

wmath44
wmath44

Let's register all our guns with the Feds so they can come and confiscate them when the mood strikes them. Remind anyone of Nazi Germany or Soviet Russia?

Terry Smith
Terry Smith

1. Tell me how, a Browning Hi Power (P35) pistol, designed in 1935 to have a 13-round magazine, is to be considered "illegal"? (unless the Communist woman senator-traitor is older than the first production model of this pistol?)

2. tell me how, an M1 Garand rifle, which the Washington Times reported 09/03/2010, that Obama is afraid of these rifles, and were a point of controversy, as to whether to allow them into the country from S. Korea, according to this: "Semiautomatic rifles and handguns with a fixed magazine that can accept more than 10 rounds", when the Enbloc clip, yes, clip, holds EIGHT?

3. Tell me how, since in the State of Louisiana, we do not do this: "Positive identification, including photograph and fingerprint; Certification from local law enforcement of identity and that possession would not violate State or local law", the federal government is going to force a law, that the State does not have? You do NOT have to "register" your guns in this state! All that is required, is the FBI Background check.

And, for the record, "I REFUSE!"

jondos
jondos

What is next Diane, my 401K and my savings account? We all know that the guns have to come before the bank accounts and the retirement savings, otherwise the politicians will be running for their lives, and I don't mean political!

General Lee
General Lee

All I can say is Diane F***stein can kiss my @ss.

PatrickHenrysBody
PatrickHenrysBody

A lot has been done for the "common good" or for the benefit of the "collective" in this country for almost 100 years. Has it really been for our benefit? What has history proven? Both political parties have been guilty of sacrificing American freedom and liberty for "our own good" and for the "public safety". Our elected representatives are interested in only representing their own beliefs and their own ideas on what should be done for "our own good". On gun control for the benefit of the "collective" or for the "common good", I submit the following:

http://www.specialforces.com/image/data/A0/A03472-large1.jpg

“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” - Benjamin Franklin

white531
white531

You can see where this is going. A knee-jerk reaction to something a crazy man did. An opportunity, if you will. Liberals never pass up an opportunity.

My answer is to just do what the criminals do. Buy more guns. Who cares if they are registered? That is what it will come down to, in the end.

This may not turn out to be the next American Revolution, but it will certainly produce a movement of resistance to what is happening. The government can pass all the laws they want. People will still protect their guns.

The Second Amendment is the final barrier, between us and Communism. That is why they are after it. And that is why we must protect it.

David Johnson
David Johnson

You people ready? This might be where it starts! Everyone who talked shit better stand by those words. Hypocracy will not be tolerated.

notebene
notebene

Still waiting for the liberal loons to explain what law means to a criminally insane individual? Not a damned thing and they know it! Every heinous crime that has been committed including the firefighters slaughtered on Christmas Eve were committed by either a criminally insane or a convicted felon...in a states with tight gun control laws! Highest murder rate in the city of Chicago...another gun control city! So why are they wasting our time pushing a failed agenda? Tell ya who needs his guns confiscated...the Imposter in Chief, who has blood all over his hands for Fast and Furious! While your at it...take Eric Holder's guns too...he's another irresponsible tool with blood on his hands! I can't believe the hypocrisy and sheer blatant stupidity of these alleged leaders!

chatterbox365
chatterbox365

What a circus side show and I am ashamed to call this idiot my state senator. This bill is going to be DOA, but it ticks me off that liberals easily get away with exploiting a terrible tragedy.

I have to be honest folks, I am tired of the Sandy Hook incident. You can't read most news articles or watch most of the coverage without a liberal political message about gun control. Many innocent souls were murdered that day and it was more important for the corrupt MSM to focus on a political agenda than the victims. Sigh....

Orangeone
Orangeone

Am I missing connecting some dots with this liberal nutcase? Isn't she Jewish? Is she a Holocaust denier? 1938 Hitler banned Jews from owning guns, punishable by 10 years in a concentration camp. Two days later Kristallnacht followed by years of genocide. So she is either a Holocaust denier or thinks history can repeat itself with a different outcome.

1217Chic
1217Chic

Frakenfeinstein.....a monster outside as well as in and a hippocrate to boot.

57thunderbird
57thunderbird

Has anybody besides me ever noticed that the democrats will exploit any group to advance their collectivist agenda?Be it children,minorities,or sexes,it doesn't matter to them.Why don't these groups see this?I would be angry.

911Infidel
911Infidel

Last I checked it was Congress that makes new laws. The Senate has to approve it. Finklefeinstein is one bass-ackwards bee-yatch. And does she still carry? I bet she does. Will she exempt herself or Hairy Weed? Of course she will.

mark1955
mark1955

Step 1: Feinstein reveals her Hitlerian inspired Firearms control legislation.

Step2: Obama "Coincidentally" returns to Washington under the guise of the "Fiscal Cliff" negotiation's,but at the same time as his Assault Weapon's Ban proposal is tanking. http://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2012/12/26/liberals-panic-as-they-lose-the-gun-narrative-n1473885

Step3: A Horrific government inspired "False Flag" Slaughter takes place,so Obama who "Just happen's" to be back in town earlier than scheduled, for the Fiscal Cliff talks,so can issue an Executive order or demand that congress pass Feinstein's otherwise and under "Normal" circumstances unacceptable Firearms Ban legislation. This "False Flag" event,would be the perfect cover for the repubs who are all NWO lefties anyway's and are fully onboard Obama's agenda,would just love to have some political cover to be able to cave on this. Be ready for this to happen and start screaming "MURDERERS"and Traitor's when this "false Flag" takes place. Call into question everything and save all the initial News Reports and video's to see the conflicting reports so we can prove it was a "False Flag". Screen capture Everything! http://www.thesurvivalistblog.net/are-recent-mass-shooting-false-flag-events/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PlanPrepareSurvive+%28%40TheSurvivalistBlog.net%29

physicsnut
physicsnut

well if they are going to do That, don't you think they ought to confiscate from all the crooks and criminals before they shred the second amendment for law abiding citizens ?

regarding the journal news interactive map that displays NAMES and ADDRESSES, it is important to know whether this was coordinated with any agency or rep from outside the newspaper, such as Feinstein or Cuomo - or Napolitano.

Constance
Constance

Yeah, I don't think so. Not a chance I am "grandfathering" in any weapons I already have; I am not ever going to register anything with the government. Neither will most other Americans. This won't stand. If it miraculously does pass, most of us won't be following the law anyhow. A person would have to be a bonafide idiot to do so.

TimeForAnarchy
TimeForAnarchy

Even if it passes Court Jester Harry's Senate, it will be DOA at the House.

Nothing but showmanship.

Marridge
Marridge

What about the ARMED illegal aliens who come in through the porous Southern border, and who vote because we can't possibly ask for an ID?

This won't stand, folks. I am calling for massive protests. They need to see who they are dealing with.

Orangeone
Orangeone

There's one planned for inauguration day in DC

SavingtheRepublicdotcom
SavingtheRepublicdotcom

#1 "assault weapon" is a made up name by the left back in early 90's

#2 if assault weapons are banned then will cars be banned too seeing that they are deemed deadly weapons by law enforcement in certain cases!? "Criminal X was charged for assault with a deadly weapon after attempting to run down Officer Z with their car/ truck"

The argument that if guns were removed from the equation all together would result in no deaths is insane for mass killings attempted mass killings. A visitor to my site tried to use the recent knife attacks in China as a legit argument for this. Normally I dont respond to posts but I felt the need to point this out:

"You argument is nothing but gobbledygook: Timothy McVeigh killed 168 men, women and children and he didn't use a gun."

Guns are machines/ devices they dont kill. Cars are machines/ devices they dont kill. The operator of these machines/ devices kills.

TimeForAnarchy
TimeForAnarchy

Al Capone used to like to use baseball bats on folks he "disagreed with." Under current logic (oxymoron for the left), BB bats would be "assault weapons."

LIBERTYUSA
LIBERTYUSA

...lookout America TYRANNY is on your doorstep and is almost opening your FRONT DOOR ."

James1754
James1754

Banning semi-automatic weapons that accept a detachable magazine is all semi-automatic handguns.

When did pistols become "assault weapons"? And just exactly what is the definition of an assault weapon by the all knowing Diane Feinstine?

TimeForAnarchy
TimeForAnarchy

She should know. She had a carry permit in Kalifornia I read.

James1754
James1754

She has one of the very few CCW permits ever issued by San Francisco. Of course you and I could not get one.

marketcomp
marketcomp

I hope this makes the democrat party a permanent minority. Any democrat that votes for this idiotic bill and one that is a Senator or representative from a Republican State needs to be the target of election by the RNC. This legislation was formed before the election and not as a result of the Sandy Hook school tragedy. Barack Obama and these left-wing Senators and Congressmen are constantly targeting the guns of the citizens and that will continue so we have to be just has vigilant. We have allowed these Marxists to shape the argument but what they don't have are the people behind them. Does anyone think it is a coincidence that Diane Feinstein from the left-wing State of California authored and will introduce this legislation in the Senate? No! It's not a mistake and we should not allow the most liberal States to control the more Republican States. The right to bare arms should not be taken lightly and this legislation is in line with that of the UN legislation which is to control the individual citizen. What happens if the military breaks down or if China and Russia destroys the military and the individual is helpless to defend themselves and from a militia against a foreign invader.

What if we were in Benghazi and had could defend the ambassador and the other brave Americans who died so heroically. With this legislation we would not have that ability. Here's one for ya Sen. Feinstein, why don't you call Hilary Clinton up to the Senate and handcuff her and Barack Obama for not defending those who fought so bravely for the country and their lives in Benghazi. This should be her focus, not focusing on taking away the rights of American citizens. Do your freak’in job Franken Feinstein!

Orangeone
Orangeone

Every Democrat needs to be a target in 2014 because of ObamaCare, massive spending, massive voter fraud, raising the debt ceiling, illegal alien amnesty, failing to impeach Obama, and on and on.

bongobear
bongobear

A speaker with backbone...that would be nice.

AmericanborninCanada
AmericanborninCanada

Michele Bachmann!!! :-)

mark1955
mark1955

Jim Jordan.

Orangeone
Orangeone

Trey Gowdy needs to stay on the Oversight Committee and continue going after Fast and Furious and Benghazi.

AmericanborninCanada
AmericanborninCanada

I could go for him too, or Trey Gowdy. But I love Michele because she was a lone voice on the brotherhood when all the established rinos got all over her for it- and she didn't back down. :-)

Wolfie
Wolfie

I think you misheard! Mischele Bachmann! A woman with a Conservative streak!

john cochrane
john cochrane

This is the moment we have all been dreading for some time. We have told ourselves and each other that there would be no way we would ever loosen our grip on our Second Amendment rights. Well, here they come!

The question is - Are we going to cave and obey laws like this? We must NEVER do so!

James1754
James1754

The question is: Are we going to allow this type of law to be enacted?

mark1955
mark1955

Even if they do enact this. We are not going to comply! We all know what happens if we give up our Firearms...Genocide!

Also,be very aware of a new even more Horrific than Sandy Hook,government inspired "False Flag" slaughter,to give the dems and repubs an excuse to pass this otherwise unacceptable Hitlerian piece of legislation.

My theory is Obama didn't leave Hawaii for the "Fiscal Cliff" talks. and Feinstein didn't just release the details of her Bill as Obama was getting in. This is NO COINCIDENCE. Obama came back because they are losing the public relations war on Firearms legislation and they needed legislation ready to go and a "False Flag" slaughter to use as a pre-text for him to call congress back into session to pass this otherwise unacceptable piece of legislation. If they wait untill congress returns on the 6th of january the Obama administration believes they will have lost any kind of momentum completely. They would rather have a reason to force legislation through than have Obama come out and issue an Executive Order on something this big. that's why i say expect a "False Flag" to use as a pre-text to jam this through and call it into question immediately.