How so? If the firearm is capaable of ACCEPTING a hi-capacity magazine it falls under the proposed ban. The previous 1994 ban banned the actual mags, not the gun.
Draconian.
http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/files/serve/?File_id=10993387-5d4d-4680-a872-ac8ca4359119
Summary of 2013 Feinstein Assault Weapons
Legislation
Bans the sale, transfer, importation, or manufacturing of:
120 specifically-named firearms
Certain other semiautomatic rifles, handguns, shotguns that can accept a
detachable magazine
and have one military characteristic
Semiautomatic rifles and handguns with a fixed magazine that can accept
more than 10 rounds
Strengthens the 1994
Assault Weapons Ban
and various state bans by:
Moving from a 2-characteristic test to a 1-characteristic test
Eliminating the easy-to-remove bayonet mounts and flash suppressors from
the characteristics test
Banning firearms with “thumbhole stocks” and “bullet buttons” to address
attempts to “work around” prior bans
Bans large-capacity ammunition feeding devices
capable of accepting more than
10 rounds.
Protects legitimate hunters and the rights of existing gun owners
by:
Grandfathering weapons legally possessed on the date of enactment
Exempting over 900 specifically-named weapons used for hunting or
sporting purposes and
Exempting antique, manually-operated, and permanently disabled weapons
Requires that grandfathered weapons be
registered under the National Firearms
Act
, to include:
o
Background check of owner and any transferee;
o
Type and serial number of the firearm;
o
Positive identification, including photograph and fingerprint;
o
Certification from local law enforcement of identity and that
possession would not violate State or local law; and
o Dedicated funding for ATF to
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