Sen. Schiff Leads as Dems
Announce Bill to Ban Modern Semi-Autos

Democrats led by California Sen. Adam Schiff have introduced the newest incarnation of U.S. Senate legislation aimed at banning so-called "assault weapons," but according to one gun rights attorney in the Pacific Northwest is already calling it "the Assault Weapon Ban to Nowhere."

Schiff appeared at a presser Wednesday, flanked by colleagues Senators Alex Padilla of California, and Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut. A Schiff news release lists 37 Democrat co-sponsors, including perennial anti-gun Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York. Schiff's event was broadcast on C-SPAN.

Rep. Lucy McBath has a companion bill in the House which she says has 100 co-sponsors, according to Fox News.

The 126-page bill includes a 96-page roster of all the firearms which are exempted from the proposed ban.

Like other gun ban bills preceding it, this new measure makes it unlawful to "import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, a semiautomatic assault weapon." .....