Assault weapons ban dropped from Senate bill

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By Rachel Rose Hartman, Yahoo! News | The Ticket – 4 hrs ago

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/assault-weapons-ban-dropped-senate-bill-193259307--politics.html

Democrats on Tuesday confirmed that a proposed ban on assault weapons will not be included in a package of gun reform legislation yet to be introduced in the Senate, suggesting the measure does not have broad support in Congress.

The bill's sponsor, Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, confirmed to reporters Tuesday that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will remove an assault weapons ban from a package of gun reform legislation, and offer it separately as an amendment.

"I very much regret it," Feinstein said of Reid's decision. "I tried my best."

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1. See the ongoing discussion:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022535379