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Sen. Dianne Feinstein introduced legislation Wednesday to ban the sale and possession of military style assault weapons. The push comes after two mass shootings in six weeks, including a shooting at a church in Texas on Sunday that killed 26 people.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, center, at a news conference to announce proposed gun control legislation at the U.S. Capitol October 4, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, center, at a news conference to announce proposed gun control legislation at the U.S. Capitol October 4, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Feinstein indicated she knows the bill has little chance of moving in the Republican-controlled Senate. It is co-sponsored by 22 Democrats, including Feinstein’s fellow California Sen. Kamala Harris.

Feinstein said in a statement that she introduced the bill so “the American people will know that a tool to reduce these massacres is sitting in the Senate, ready for debate and a vote.”

Feinstein authored the original assault weapons ban that was passed in 1994, but Congress did not reauthorize it and the ban ended in 2004.

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