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Reaction: @SenFeinstein introduces #AWB2013 assault weapons ban bill

Social media lit up with comments and questions after California senior senator Dianne Feinstein announced Thursday her plan to introduce legislation to outlaw dozens of models of military-style guns

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  2. Here's how Senator Feinstein's staff live-tweeted Thursday's conference in Washington, D.C.:
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  4. SenFeinstein
    Sen Dianne Feinstein@SenFeinstein
    About to introduce my assault weapons legislation. Weapons of war do not belong on our streets. #AWB2013
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 07:58:35
  5. SenFeinstein
    Sen Dianne Feinstein@SenFeinstein
    Staff will be livetweeting the press conference. Follow #AWB2013 for more information.
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 08:05:28
  6. SenFeinstein
    Sen Dianne Feinstein@SenFeinstein
    Feinstein: Together we are introducing legislation the mass shootings that have devastated families and terrorized communities. #AWB2013
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 08:07:46
  7. SenFeinstein
    Sen Dianne Feinstein@SenFeinstein
    Feinstein: Gary R. Hall, Dean of Washington National Cathedral, opens this morning with some remarks and a moment of prayer. #AWB2013
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 08:10:08
  8. SenFeinstein
    Sen Dianne Feinstein@SenFeinstein
    Feinstein: I am incensed that our weak gun law allow mass killings to be carried out again and again and again in our country. #AWB2013
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 08:13:01
  9. SenFeinstein
    Sen Dianne Feinstein@SenFeinstein
    Feinstein: The common thread in these massacres is that each gunman used semi-automatic assault weapon or large-capacity magazine. #AWB2013
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 08:14:14
  10. SenFeinstein
    Sen Dianne Feinstein@SenFeinstein
    Feinstein: These military-style weapons have but one purpose: to kill the maximum number of people as quickly as possible. #AWB2013
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 08:14:33
  11. SenFeinstein
    Sen Dianne Feinstein@SenFeinstein
    Feinstein: Since last AWB expired, 350 people killed w/ assault weapons. I do not intend to sit by while these killings continue. #AWB2013
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 08:15:05
  12. SenFeinstein
    Sen Dianne Feinstein@SenFeinstein
    Feinstein: We will prohibit 158 specifically-named military-style firearms. #AWB2013
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 08:16:37
  13. SenFeinstein
    Sen Dianne Feinstein@SenFeinstein
    Feinstein: The bill will NOT affect hunting or sporting firearms. Instead, the bill protects hunters and sportsmen. #AWB2013
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 08:17:59
  14. SenFeinstein
    Sen Dianne Feinstein@SenFeinstein
    Feinstein: @RepMcCarthyNY now speaking. #AWB2013
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 08:19:04
  15. SenFeinstein
    Sen Dianne Feinstein@SenFeinstein
    .@RepMcCarthyNY: It can be done... I'm saying to you we can save lives. #AWB2013
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 08:25:37
  16. SenFeinstein
    Sen Dianne Feinstein@SenFeinstein
    Feinstein: Now speaking: @SenatorDurbin, @ChuckSchumer, @SenBlumenthal, @ChrisMurphyCT #AWB2013
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 08:28:37
  17. SenFeinstein
    Sen Dianne Feinstein@SenFeinstein
    .@SenatorDurbin: We can only do as much as the American people help us do.... We need their support. #AWB2013
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 08:35:01
  18. SenFeinstein
    Sen Dianne Feinstein@SenFeinstein
    .@ChuckSchumer: None of us want to take away the sidearm that a small business owner needs to feel safe in dangerous neighborhood. #AWB2013
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 08:38:33
  19. SenFeinstein
    Sen Dianne Feinstein@SenFeinstein
    .@SenBlumenthal: I will never forget the sights & sounds of that day in Newtown. This measure would have helped prevent the tragedy #AWB2013
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 08:42:49
  20. SenFeinstein
    Sen Dianne Feinstein@SenFeinstein
    .@ChrisMurphyCT: Kids would be alive today in Newtown if the law we are proposing today were in place on December 14, 2012. #AWB2013
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 08:47:23
  21. SenFeinstein
    Sen Dianne Feinstein@SenFeinstein
    Feinstein: @RepPerlmutter (represents Aurora, Colorado), @RepEsty (represents Newtown, Connecticut) will now speak. #AWB2013
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 08:50:37
  22. SenFeinstein
    Sen Dianne Feinstein@SenFeinstein
    .@RepPerlmutter: Our everyday freedoms as Americans are being taken away by acts of gun violence. #AWB2013
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 08:54:08
  23. SenFeinstein
    Sen Dianne Feinstein@SenFeinstein
    .@RepEsty: What happened in Newtown was an unspeakable tragedy. But what happens now is up to us. #AWB2013
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 08:56:55
  24. SenFeinstein
    Sen Dianne Feinstein@SenFeinstein
    Feinstein: Now Philadelphia Mayor @Michael_Nutter and Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey will speak. #AWB2013
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 08:59:47
  25. SenFeinstein
    Sen Dianne Feinstein@SenFeinstein
    .@Michael_Nutter: This death and destruction must end right now. #AWB2013
    Thu, Jan 24 2013 09:04:35

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