In June 2019 , Feinstein was one of four senators to cosponsor the Help Empower Americans to Respond ( HEAR ) Act , legislation that would ban suppressors from being imported , sold , made , sent elsewhere or possessed and grant a suppressor buyback program as well as include certain exceptions for current and former law enforcement personnel and others . The bill was intended to respond to the Virginia Beach shooting where the perpetrator used a suppressor
Virginia Beach shooting
Virginia Beach shooting
Political positions of Dianne Feinstein