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Senator's bill to go beyond state law
BY JIM PUZZANGHERA
Mercury News Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON -- In wake of last week's shootings in Los Angeles, Sen. Dianne
Feinstein announced Tuesday that she will propose one of the most extensive gun-control
measures to date -- a national ban on the possession of assault weapons.
Feinstein's proposal would go farther than California's toughened assault-weapons ban,
which was signed into law by Gov. Gray Davis last month. Under that law, people who
already own assault weapons will be able to keep them as long as they register with the
state. Feinstein, D-Calif., would require anyone outside of law enforcement to turn in
their assault weapons or face criminal penalties.
Senator's bill to go beyond state law
BY JIM PUZZANGHERA
Mercury News Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON -- In wake of last week's shootings in Los Angeles, Sen. Dianne
Feinstein announced Tuesday that she will propose one of the most extensive gun-control
measures to date -- a national ban on the possession of assault weapons.
Feinstein's proposal would go farther than California's toughened assault-weapons ban,
which was signed into law by Gov. Gray Davis last month. Under that law, people who
already own assault weapons will be able to keep them as long as they register with the
state. Feinstein, D-Calif., would require anyone outside of law enforcement to turn in
their assault weapons or face criminal penalties.