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A direct attack on the 2nd Amendment attempting to restrict the types of firearms it applies to and further regulate so called "assault weapons". A 125 page proposed bill that severely restricts your rights and outlaws a broad spectrum of common sporting rifles as "assault weapons".
Title: Assault Weapons Ban of 2021
Subject: Crime and law enforcement
Description: A bill to regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes.
Session: 117th Congress
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Last Action Date: March 11, 2021
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/736/all-info
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41 sponsors: Dianne Feinstein (D); Richard Blumenthal (D); Christopher Murphy (D); Charles Schumer (D); Richard Durbin (D); Edward Markey (D); Brian Schatz (D); Robert Menendez (D); Thomas Carper (D); Sherrod Brown (D); Margaret Hassan (D); Jeff Merkley (D); Sheldon Whitehouse (D); Bernard Sanders (I); Elizabeth Warren (D); Robert Casey (D); Tim Kaine (D); Jack Reed (D); Mark Warner (D); Mazie Hirono (D); Ron Wyden (D); Benjamin Cardin (D); Christopher Coons (D); Tina Smith (D); Cory Booker (D); Chris Van Hollen (D); Jacky Rosen (D); Tammy Duckworth (D); Amy Klobuchar (D); Ben Lujan (D); Alex Padilla (D); Patty Murray (D); Kirsten Gillibrand (D); Jeanne Shaheen (D); Debbie Stabenow (D); John Hickenlooper (D); Tammy Baldwin (D); Raphael Warnock (D); Michael Bennet (D); Gary Peters (D); Patrick Leahy (D)
Chamber | Date | Action |
Senate | Mar 11 2021 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
Introduced | Apr 8 2021 | federal bill text | bill text |
Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
There are no amendments to this bill at this time |
Chamber: S
Committee Name: Judiciary
There have not been any votes on this bill