A fair look at the assault rifle ban

It might not look it from the headline, but this is a fair assessment of the facts on an assault rifle ban.

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When the 113th Congress is sworn in in January, expect the debate over gun control to have renewed urgency. Several prominent lawmakers have already come forth to call for a re-examination and re-working of our nation’s gun laws in the wake of Friday’s mass shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn.

While new legislation likely won’t be introduced until after Jan. 3, statements from top Senators such as Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) suggest that new proposals could be similar to the Federal Assault Weapons Ban that was in in place from 1994 to 2004.

“I can tell you that he is going to have a bill to lead on because as a first-day bill I’m going to introduce in the Senate and the same bill will be introduced in the House — a bill to ban assault weapons,” Feinstein said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

via After Newtown, Connecticut Shootings: The Assault Weapons Ban: What Was It and Did It Work? – ABC News.

Go check out the article, I believe it to be extremely fair towards to the gun owners.