The Second Amendment Foundation will definitely challenge a federal ban on so-called “assault weapons” if legislation resurrected by anti-gun Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) somehow becomes law.
The bill, Assault Weapons Ban of 2023 S. 25, was introduced by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA). An attempt to move it via unanimous consent failed when Republicans objected.
“Still,” said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb, “if Schumer tries to run it as an amendment to another bill, or move it via the regular process, we will take action.”
“We have eight pending challenges to state laws banning modern semiautomatic rifles, and we absolutely will challenge a federal ban should one pass,” said SAF Executive Director Adam Kraut. “Aside from the fact that such a ban would be unconstitutional, there is no conclusive research showing that such a ban would actually prevent violent crimes, including mass shootings.”
One of those SAF cases is Bianchi v. Frosh, challenging the Maryland ban. This case was fully briefed and argued before the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and granted certiorari by the U.S. Supreme Court after the 2022 Bruen ruling. The high court remanded the case back to the 4th Circuit for further action based on guidelines established by the Bruen decision, making it clear the court is ready to consider the constitutionality of such a ban.
“Chuck Schumer has been trying to ban guns since he arrived on Capitol Hill decades ago,” Gottlieb noted. “For him and Joe Biden, achieving a total ban on an entire class of firearms would be a symbolic victory, but completely lacking in substance because violent crime will continue, and all Schumer would do is demand a ban on another class of firearms, to create the false impression he is ‘doing something’ about gun-related violent crime.”
A Rand review of various gun control studies that looked at the effects of the ten-year semi-auto ban from 1994 to 2004 revealed the evidence was “inconclusive” about whether the ban had a major impact on mass shootings. Claims to the contrary made by President Biden have been rejected by fact-checkers.
“The misuse of firearms against innocent victims is both an outrage and a tragedy,” Kraut said, “but criminalizing the possession of commonly-owned firearms will not prevent such incidents, and instead only penalize peaceable citizens whose only crime is exercising their rights under the Second Amendment.”
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Second Amendment Foundation
The Second Amendment Foundation (www.saf.org) is the nation’s oldest and largest tax-exempt education, research, publishing and legal action group focusing on the Constitutional right and heritage to privately own and possess firearms. Founded in 1974, The Foundation has grown to more than 720,000 members and supporters and conducts many programs designed to better inform the public about the consequences of gun control.
We will not allow nor abide a federal gun ban, a magazine ban, a universal registration and background check bill, a gun registry or any additional infringements, and we are working our way through decimating FBATFE ‘s unconstitutional rules, and then moving onto the GCA, NFA and Hughes amendment. Murder is illegal, and none of the 23,000 unconstitutional gun infringement laws do anything to stop it.
It is not about crime, it is not about the constitution, it is not about saving lives.
It is about disarming the American people so the communist/democrats/progressives.
Can gain more power.
In the face of Pearl Harbor Day, the DF’s try this. Disgusting Marxists. Lol, ban AR’s. A song comes to mind. Beautiful Dreamer but in this case you need to change the first word to butt ugly. the ban is not going to happen especially with elections coming. Any republican voting yes could kiss their re-election goodby. If it is put in place, it will be fought, and it will lose. They had the ban before, and it was removed because it had no influence over the amount of mass shootings committed. Since then, millions more have sold and the… Read more »
Under a Federal ban of alcoholic beverages (Prohibition), America’s demand for and consumption of said beverages actually increased.
A Federal ban on marijuana growth, importation, possession, sale, and use of marijuana has had similar results.
The first attempted ban of “assault weapons” saw the transformation of a rifle that Colt had trouble selling into “America’s Rifle” as demand for AR15s skyrocketed. Every proposal for a similar ban has seen an increase in demand and sales.
Does any sane person think this new proposal will be any different?
Around 10:05 p.m. on Wednesday, November 29, 2023 in Albany New York a man was robbed at gunpoint after four people broke into his home.This is a perfect example why gun or magazine restrictions should never be allowed to happen. You cannot find find the words reasonable restrictions anywhere in our Constitution. Reasonable restrictions don’t exist when talking about self-defense. Say I have the right to self-defense but am limited to a 10 round magazine except when more than four people attack you? Really? All the word twisting excuses made by man don’t change this phrase. “The Right to Keep… Read more »
Connecticut had an “assault weapons” registration program a few years back. I read that compliance was well under 10%. So much for the will of the governed.
If I ever find myself in San Francisco, which I highly doubt will ever happen, but you never know, I will find Feinstein’s grave and urinate on the monument.
Republicans in the Senate defeated the Federal Gun Ban. Nuff Said.
US Senate Republicans block assault-style weapons ban as mass shootings rise | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senate-republicans-block-assault-style-weapons-ban-mass-shootings-rise-2023-12-06/
The 2A inherentIy defends itseIf. lt endures aII attacks untiI the finaI one. Then it seIf-activates and does what it was intended to do. Tyrants simpIy won’t see it coming, they are too bIind to the truth.