Assault Weapons Ban of 2013

Assault Weapons Ban of 2013

Long title	To regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)	AWB 2013
Announced in	the 113th United States Congress
Sponsored by	Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D, CA)
Number of co-sponsors	20
Codification
Acts affected	Atomic Energy Act of 1954 Higher Education Act of 1965 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968
U.S.C. sections affected	18 U.S.C. § 922, 18 U.S.C. § 921, 18 U.S.C. § 924, 20 U.S.C. § 1070 et seq. 18 U.S.C. § 925A, and others.
Agencies affected	United States Department of Justice United States Congress
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 150 by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D, CA) on January 24, 2013 Committee consideration by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary

The Assault Weapons Ban of 2013 (AWB 2013) was a bill introduced in the 113th United States Congress as S. 150 by Senator Dianne Feinstein, D-CA, on January 24, 2013, one month after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. It was defeated in the Senate on April 17, 2013 by a vote of 40 to 60.