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search.  Joe ‘Dead Aim’ Manchin Sounds Ready to Ban Assault
Weapons  This Joe Manchin.  As our elected officials consider a
response to the Newtown massacre, one proposal that is gaining
steam is the reintroduction of the Assault Weapons Ban. The
legislation, which was originally enacted in 1994, banned the
manufacturing and sale of guns like the Bushmaster that Adam
Lanza used, along with high-capacity magazines, which Lanza also
used. Previous efforts to re-implement the ban since it expired
in 2004 have failed, but in a sign that Things Might Finally Be
Different This Time, Democratic senator Joe Manchin of West
Virginia indicated on Morning Joe today that he would be support
the legislation.   Joe Manchin is not merely a potential vote
for the Assault Weapons Ban. This is arguably the most
conservative Democratic senator in the country we're talking
about: a guy who was given an A rating and endorsed by the NRA
over his Republican rival in 2