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Late this morning, lawmakers will announce the introduction of the first gun control legislation to be put forth in Congress since the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut that left 20 children and six adults dead. The move comes as gun control advocates say the political environment is more favorable for new gun control laws than it has been in years.

But at least when it comes to the most ambitious item in the legislation, and on President Obama's gun control agenda - a reinstatement of the ban on assault weapons - advocates have little reason to be optimistic.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y., and five other Democratic lawmakers will be joined by mayors, law enforcement officials and gun violence victims at 11:00 a.m. ET to unveil a measure that would reinstate the assault weapons ban, which went into effect in 1994 bill and lapsed in 2004. The bill would outlaw the sale, importation and manufacture of over 100 specialty firearms along with certain semiautomatic weapons; it would also outlaw the sale, importation and manufacture of ammunition magazines that accept more than 10 rounds. Americans would be able to keep affected weapons if the weapons were already in their possession when the bill was enacted, and exemptions would be made for specific hunting and sporting weapons, as well as antique or disabled weapons.

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