What killed the Senate assault weapons ban?

Harry Reid says, "Thanks, but no thanks"

Sen. Dianne Feinstein's assault weapons ban just bit the dust.
(Image credit: Getty/T.J. Kirkpatrick)

Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D-Calif.) proposed assault weapons ban died yesterday, after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) cut it from a larger gun-control bill expected to hit the floor of the Senate next month. The ban on 157 types of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines can be introduced as a separate amendment, a process, as Politico notes, that faces "almost certain defeat."

Feinstein isn't too happy about it, as Los Angeles Times reporter Mike Memoli reports on Twitter:

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Keith Wagstaff is a staff writer at TheWeek.com covering politics and current events. He has previously written for such publications as TIME, Details, VICE, and the Village Voice.