Reid at the least is trying to prevent a vote on a bill that will not pass ONLY to protect those who will vote for it from the repercussions they will suffer in 2014 election. Its a game of chess right now.
Feinstein has been waiting for years to get this bill in she will not allow it to just die and mark my words there will be another mass killing (NOT SHOOTING, stop calling them shootings) to re-ignite things. One was just averted in FL, the loons feed legislators with all they need to push their agenda.
Watch the other hand progressives do not give up without a fight.
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No assault weapons ban: Not even in Dems’ bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — All but ending chances for an assault weapons ban, Democratic leaders said Tuesday the firearms legislation the Senate will debate next month won’t include the provision that gun-control advocates pressed for after an assault-type weapon was used in the Newtown school shootings in December.
Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said he wanted to bring a gun bill to the full Senate that would have enough support to overcome any GOP attempts to prevent debate from even starting. He expressed concern that including the assault weapons provision might effectively block passage of any bill at all.
Instead, the sponsor of the provision, Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, said she will offer her ban on the military-style firearms as an amendment. But Feinstein is all but certain to need 60 votes from the 100-member Senate to prevail, and she faces solid Republican opposition as well as likely defections from some Democrats.
“I very much regret it,” Feinstein, D-Calif., told reporters of Reid’s decision. “I tried my best.”…read more