Cenk Uygur
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The Assault Weapons Ban Trick - Helping Pro-Gun Policy?
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February 6, 2013
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February 6, 2013
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6:34Now Playing"Barring an unexpected turn of legislative affairs, a ban on military-style semi-automatic assault weapons will not make it into law, top Hill aides and gun policy advocates say.
The ban will get a vote. But the purpose of that vote will be in part to facilitate its demise. The expectation is that there won't be 60 members of the upper chamber to support the bill's inclusion in the final legislative language."*
Many gun regulation advocates have placed hopes on the assault weapons ban getting passed. But, it looks like that may be scrapped. Why? And how are Democrats helping gun control legislation be killed? Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
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