When I heard about this idiot bill and this idiot woman’s little show, I thought, “how dumb can you get?”
As Senate Democrats unveiled an “assault weapons ban” encompassing a variety of rifles, shotguns, and pistols, the newest lawyer in the U.S. Senate pointed out that “real assault weapons” have been illegal since 1934. “Washington politicians shouldn’t be taking advantage of recent tragedy to try to push an aggressive gun control agenda,” said Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, in a statement today. “Real assault weapons—machine guns—are already functionally illegal, and they have been since 1934. This proposal would have done nothing to prevent the terrible murders in Newtown, but it would limit the constitutional liberties of law-abiding citizens.” Through the National Firearms Act of 1934, Congress imposed “a tax on the making and transfer of machine guns and certain other weapons, as well as a special occupational tax on persons and entities engaged in the business of importing, manufacturing and dealing in those weapons,” according to the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. The tax was $200 (in 1934, the U.S. dollar was valuable enough that 200 bucks was a lot of money). Congress passed a ban on machine gun ownership in 1986. — Ted Cruz shoots down Feinstein gun ban: ‘Real assault weapon’ are already illegal | WashingtonExaminer.com
You would think that the Democrats would have learned their lessons from this stupidity in the 1990’s. But, I guess they really want to lose the election again in 2014 and 2016. This bill will go nowhere, it will not be even brought up for a vote in the Senate. But, it will make people like Feinstein feel like they have tried to do something.