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ldavidson wrote:As far as exempting gov't officials, the relevant bill text says:

5 ‘‘(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to—
6 ‘‘(A) the importation for, manufacture for, sale
7 to, transfer to, or possession by the United States
8 or a department or agency of the United States or
9 a State or a department, agency, or political subdivi
10 sion of a State, [...]

I don't know if current elected officials would be covered by this text or not.

I read this as the government (or its agents) can still import, manufacture, sell, transfer, and possess these items -- not the individuals. Granted it is a very fine line between Feinstein, sitting at home with her AK-47 on her lap, surrounded by her security team all carrying AR-15s, claiming that they're all the Senate's guns versus weapons she personally owns. Do you think under the current enforcement regime someone in her position fills out 4473s, or are they just gifts from Uncle Sam?

grumble wrote:I've not looked at the text of the full bill, but it looks like some sites are making their own edits and paraphrasing. This is how I've seen it presented in a multitude of mainstream outlets:

"The legislation excludes the following weapons from the bill:

Any weapon that is lawfully possessed at the date of the bill's enactment;
Any firearm manually operated by a bolt, pump, lever or slide action;
Assault weapons used by military, law enforcement, and retired law enforcement; and
Antique weapons."

I'm a little late to this discussion, but I wanted to read the full text of the bill first. The proposed legislation does not appear to make an exception for government officials such as senators, like Feinstein. The exceptions are generally, with additional requirements for each category: A qualified law enforcement officer; a licensee under Title I of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954; an individual retired from a law enforcement agency; and a licensee for testing/experimentation authorized by the Attorney General. Maybe I'm missing something, but the germane languages is on pages 15 through 20.

Assault Weapon Ban of 2013

That's not to say that this proposed legislation isn't an abomination. It will also be important to track what amendments are made on the floor, which Feinstein herself today said was how she effectively introduced the AWB of 1994. I feel any bill could be hijacked by this Congress.

It was actually difficult to get over the first sentence of the abstract:

To regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes.

Feinstein may as well come out and define "other purposes," since she's already proposing a right that Constitutionally cannot be infringed be limited. Of course that would be "to disarm all law abiding citizens and establsish a precedent to shred the Constitution of the US."