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On January 24, 2013, Dianne Feinstein and 24 Democratic cosponsors introduced S. 150, the Assault Weapons Ban of 2013, into the U.S. Senate. [19] [20] The bill was similar to the 1994 federal ban, but differed in that it used a one-feature test for a firearm to qualify as an assault weapon rather than the two-feature test of the 1994 ban. [21]
[55] [56] [57] On January 24, 2013, Senator Feinstein introduced S. 150, the Assault Weapons Ban of 2013 (AWB 2013). [58] The bill was similar to the 1994 ban, but differed in that it would not expire after 10 years, [57] and it used a one-feature test for a firearm to qualify as an assault weapon rather than the two-feature test of the defunct ...
Dianne Feinstein. Dianne Emiel Feinstein[b] (née Goldman; June 22, 1933 – September 29, 2023) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from California from 1992 until her death in 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988. [3] A San Francisco native, Feinstein ...
One of the first votes new Democratic Sen. Martin Heinrich cast was against legislation from Sen. Dianne Feinstein to reinstate an assault weapons ban in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook school ...
The assassination forever altered the course of Feinstein's political career and shaped her views on gun control — a defining legacy for the U.S. senator, who died Friday at age 90.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., a vocal advocate of gun-control measures who was known for trying to find common ground with Republicans during her three decades in the Senate, has died, her ...
The Extreme Risk Protection Order Act is federal gun control legislation to support State, Tribal, and local efforts under "red flag laws" to remove access to firearms from individuals who are considered a danger to themselves or others. Sen.
She also became known as a fierce advocate for gun control legislation. Feinstein authored the 1994 assault weapons ban, and after it expired in 2004 continued to push for its revival.