Attorney General Eric Holder has confirmed that the Obama administration will be reintroducing the “Assault” Weapons Ban. ABC reports:

The Obama administration will seek to reinstate the assault weapons ban that expired in 2004 during the Bush administration, Attorney General Eric Holder said today.

“As President Obama indicated during the campaign, there are just a few gun-related changes that we would like to make, and among them would be to re institute the ban on the sale of assault weapons,” Holder told reporters.

No surprises.

UPDATE:

From The Hill (Link from Tom and SayUncle):

Attorney General Eric Holder raised the prospect Wednesday that the administration would push to bring back the ban. But Pelosi (D-Calif.) indicated on Thursday that he never talked to her. The Speaker gave a flat “no” when asked if she had talked to administration officials about the ban.

“On that score, I think we need to enforce the laws we have right now,” Pelosi said at her weekly news conference. “I think it’s clear the Bush administration didn’t do that.”

Do you believe that? I think the attorney general tipped his hand it a bit early.

Hat Tip: Sensibly Progressive in Politically Correct America