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Incidental incidentally, this does not prohibit you use the word "prohibit" it exempts 2,271 weapons. isn't that enough? >> sir, as we know the prospects in the full senate are bright for this do you think it's ever going to make it over to you in the house? >> the assault weapons ban? i think it's highly unlikely. i've said on a number of occasions, i don't really think that's the most important gun safety law we can pass. i think number one is background checks. number two, high-capacity magazines. and number three, and strengthening our trafficking laws. so i'm not as concerned about the fa...

Consider a similar measure limiting rights under the first amendment or the fourth amendment. here is some of that encounter. >> this does not prohibit, you used the word prohibit, it exempts, 2,271 weapons. isn't that enough for the people in the united states? do they need a bazooka? do they need other high powered weapons that military people use to kill in close combat? i don't think so. so i come from a different place than you do. i respect your view. i ask you to respect my view. >> nobody doubts her sincerity or passion, but yet at the same time she chose not to answer the question tha...

They can't protect the government. now they're saying any gun, any time. by the way, sam, i don't see any resistance by this guy on limited gun ownership. not any. >> i don't see any either. the logical question for ted cruz is, can you own a grenade launcher? how about a tank? where is the restriction that he'd be comfortable with? are there no restrictions? i have no idea. >> cynthia, here's senator feinstein raising the question of escalation. how far do you go? he asked him to respond to this. his interpretation of the second amendment seems to be there's no weapon the government should pr...

The vote strictly along party lines, 10-8. senator dianne feinstein was given a history lesson on the cons fusion by freshman senator ahead of this passage and she promptly shot back. >> it seems to me that all of us should begin as our foundational document with the constitution. and the second amendment in the bill of the rights for the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. >> i'm not a sixth grader. i thank you for the lecture. incidentally, this does not prohibit you use the word prohibit. it exempts 2,271 weapons. isn't that enough? >> the assault weapons ban m...

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