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Democrats are pushing a new “Assault Weapons” ban and this bill promises to be bigger and more restrictive than the Clinton era bill.

205 Guns are banned by name in the bill and there are a variety of ‘military’ features that are banned. Having any one of these features and a detachable magazine will result in the gun being illegal.

The included features are:

Rifles: 

-Pistol Grip

-Forward Grip

-Folding, Telescoping, or Detachable Stock

-Grenade

-Barrel Shroud

-Threaded Barrel

Pistols:

-Threaded Barrel

-Second Pistol Grip

-Barrel Shroud

-Detachable Magazine Capacity Outside of the Pistol Grip

-Semiautomatic version of an Automatic Firearm

Shotguns: 

-Folding, Telescoping, or Detachable Stock

-Pistol Grip

-Fixed Magazine Capacity Greater Than Five Rounds

-Detachable Magazine Capacity

-Forward Grip

-Grenade Launcher

The bill also bans all detachable magazines capable of holding more than 10 rounds. Belt-fed semi-automatic guns are also banned.

The bill features a grandfathering clause as well. From Guns.com:

The ban, in its current proposed form, halts the production for commercial sale of virtually all new semi-autos. The estimated 35 million guns already in circulation to be reclassified as “assault weapons” under the act, could remain with their current owners with some caveats. Specifically, grandfathered firearms must be stored in a locked safe or cabinet or with a safety device like a trigger lock installed. Any future transfer of the controlled firearm, even as a gift within a family, would have to first pass a federal background check.

No “high capacity” magazines could be transferred, leading to the fact that they would either be extinct or illegal within a generation.

Guns retained would have to pick up DOJ-approved production dates “legibly and conspicuously engraved or cast on the weapon” as would magazines which would also have to be serial numbered.

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