WASHINGTON (OfficialWire) — Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who’s leading the push to restore an assault weapon ban, acknowledged on Sunday that the effort faces tough odds to pass Congress and she blamed the nation’s largest gun-rights group.
Feinstein, D-Calif., on Thursday introduced a bill that would prohibit 157 specific weapons and ammunition magazines that have more than 10 rounds. The White House and fellow Democrats are skeptical the measure is going anywhere, given lawmakers who are looking toward re-election might fear pro-gun voters and the National Rifle Association.
“This has always been an uphill fight. This has never been easy. This is the hardest of the hard,” Feinstein said.
“I think I can get it passed because the American people are very much for it,” Feinstein said of the measure that follows a similar measure she championed into law 1994 but expired a decade later.
She acknowledged, however, the NRA’s political clout.
“They come after you. They put together large amounts of money to defeat you,” Feinstein said.
She also said the group was a pawn of those who make weapons.
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And who is “Feindstein” a pawn of?
Michael– Deo Vindicabamur
“I think I can get it passed because the American people are very much for it,” Feinstein said.
I don’t believe so lady !!! You have that all wrong. YOU have never asked me ! I have as much right as you for protection. I have more right to own a gun than you do…because you have the money to hire someone to protect you, I don’t have the money you do ! Don’t think you are going to take something from us that we have had since the beginning of time !!! How about if I took your teeth away from you ? Do you think you would miss them ? You need your teeth and we need our guns !! let’s keep it that way.
It wont matter what the public want.. it’s what Obama wants. He will get his way no matter what. He always does and everyone backs down.
We have to fight for our rights. He is counting on wearing us down. I, for one, will not give up without a fight.
amen…!!!!!!!!
diane, its time for you to go home and retire, your fighting a losing battle, your facts are all screwed up…
the american people are not behind you on this for the majority, and lady i got additional news for you
come to the south, and try and take our guns, you will see what it means to find out what a volunteer can do
the majority of those of us who have guns are not in the assault weapons catergory, and we dont go around with drool on our lips and neither are we crazed, screwed up or any other epithet you want to put on it, we are law abiding honest folk who have earned the right to protect and defend ourselves, havent you read the constitution or the bill of rights, apparently your one of those who have words without knowledge….. before you put out the kind of anti-propaganda and assume what youve been saying is right ask some of those same people who would be dead if it had not been for the weapons they had in their homes, ask the kids who survived the break-ins what would have happened to them, and then ask if they felt better with or without their god given right to protect themselves.. the world is far more dangerous to live in today, and without the weapons we have at our disposal many fewer of us would be here to tell the tale…