DiFi at it again
Senator Diane “I’ve got a 38 in my purse” Feinstein is pushing for the assault weapons ban again, which should be called a ban on guns that look like assault weapons. The odds of it happening are slim:
Gun control has been a signature issue for Feinstein since she arrived in the Senate in 1993. But the odds she faces to pass the weapons ban in the current Congress are probably steeper than they were in 1993, when the Senate narrowly approved the ban, or last March, when it passed 52-47 before dying in the body.
November’s election increased the 100-member Senate’s number of Republicans from 51 to 55, and there are at least four new solid votes against Feinstein’s proposal.
In the House, gun control advocates face an even tougher time because Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., and Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, have said they won’t let the renewal legislation come up for a vote.
March 1st, 2005 at 1:39 pm
The Frisco Chronicle should know better than to say gun control first became a “signature issue” for Feinschwein when she was elected to the Senate in 1993. Have they already forgotten the illegal 1982 handgun ordinance she rammed through the City Council when she was mayor? Then again, given the “gee whiz, what a brand-spankin’-new idea” coverage they’ve given its 2005 clone, perhaps they have.
March 1st, 2005 at 2:13 pm
Feinstein originally brought up assault weapon control to avoid answering for Purdey having been in custody 7 times before he shot up that Stockton school.
This was a failure of law enforcement.
March 1st, 2005 at 3:31 pm
Huh? Purdy shot up a school yard in Stockton, not Frisco. By 1989, I don’t think Feinstein held elective office at all. Under-enforcement of anti-crime laws was definitely a problem, but I can’t see pegging it on Feinstein. She’s actually pretty strong on that issue.