Chris Wallace just reported that it appears the WH is stepping back on a ban of the "assault weapon" after realizing it won't get through Congress and it can't be EO'd. It seems like it's heading more to the background checks and high capacity magazines route,FWIW.

Sound familiar, Mike (watch4bear)?

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