Yes, Dear Dianne is trying, again, to resurrect her beloved "assault weapon" ban, despite it having been widely condemned as totally ineffective in reducing crime. (If by some chance that link doesn't work for you, follow the link from this NRA-ILA page.)
A spokesman for the National Rifle Association, Andrew Arulanandam, said he did not see the political appetite "on either side of the aisle to revisit this issue again." He also contended that numerous studies mandated by Congress, including studies by then-President Bill Clinton's Justice Department, showed the ban to be ineffective in reducing crime.
Feinstein's bill is the same as one that she introduced last year with support from Warner, a Warner aide said.
Sen. George Allen, R-Va., last year opposed the extension of the assault-weapons ban. At a time when the federal ban had not yet expired, Allen called it "a meaningless, toothless law that has virtually no impact on crime."
Still, we could get really lucky .... her obvious obsession over this, at a time when it seems politically ill-favored, could just possibly turn out to be the millstone around her neck that drags her down and ends her political career.