ONLY THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT EVER TOOK IT SERIOUSLY:

Fans of military-style assault weapons can stop worrying -- their gun lobby has done its work, and all but assured that Congress will not pass a ban on their dangerous toys.

Senate Democratic leaders have decided not to include the ban, proposed by Senator Dianne Feinstein of California, in the official gun bill that will reach the floor in the next few weeks. It was always a long shot, but now Democrats have officially given the ban the cold shoulder.

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