Biden will likely support a new ban on assault weapons and push for improvements.
And is he willing to move towards reinstating the ban on assault weapons?
This comes in spite of the fact that the federal assault weapons ban expired in 2004.
The proposals include universal background checks, a ban on high-capacity magazines and an assault weapons ban.
Grassley is a staunch opponent of a ban on assault weapons and high capacity magazines.
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If having an assault weapons ban become law again were easy it would never have expired.
Second, Congress should restore a ban on military-style assault weapons, and a 10-round limit for magazines.
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Its products were exempted from assault weapons bans because it sold those only to law enforcement.
The Brady Law remains in force, but the Assault Weapons Ban expired in 2004.
Not all of the weapons in the bill meet the technical definition of assault weapons.
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But these guns are licensed, and they are not assault weapons with multiple ammunition clips.
Obama, like LBJ, has called for swift legislation to tighten the collar on assault weapons.
Illinois does not ban assault weapons and the high-capacity magazines as do New York and California.
The Obama administration will try to pass an assault weapons ban, an administration official said Friday.
Mr Obama has said he would support reinstating an assault weapons ban that lapsed in 2004.
Police could see if high-powered assault weapons are entering or getting close to a public place.
Dianne Feinstein, D-California, is pushing legislation to reinstate a ban on assault weapons.
You were talking about political courage would guide lawmakers who would go for an assault weapons ban.
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Another element of New York's law is a broader ban on military-style rifles often called assault weapons.
He was a primary author of the Crime Bill that included the assault weapons ban in 1994.
New to the list is a promise to push an assault weapons ban and other gun controls.
The common perception that so-called "assault weapons" can hold larger magazines than hunting rifles is simply wrong.
Since the Federal Assault Weapons Ban expired in September 2004, murder and overall violent-crime rates have fallen.
Dianne Feinstein, D-California, has said she will introduce legislation to reinstate the assault weapons ban that expired in 2004.
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And then over the last five or 10 years, it's the assault weapons.
And now as a result of Sandy Hook, Americans are clamoring for something to be done about assault weapons.
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But our policy was to put more police on the street and to take assault weapons off the street.
He said the law won't infringe on legal gun owners' rights and will save lives by registering assault weapons.
Mr Obama has said he will call for a renewed ban on assault weapons - which lapsed in 2004.
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Is this -- does this fall under the same category, the assault weapons ban, or some version of it?
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