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Recent Examples of assault weapon
Texas law preempts local firearm regulations, and there are no state restrictions on assault weapons or magazine capacities.
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 May 2025
The Democratic senators noted that mass shootings in the United States declined by 37 percent and produced fewer fatalities per event when the assault weapons ban was in effect from 1994 to 2004.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 30 Apr. 2025
Colorado lawmakers are closing in on limiting sales of semiautomatic firearms — including those commonly known as assault weapons — in the state after two years of unsuccessful attempts.
—The Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2025
Everyone was for a ban on assault weapons and universal background checks.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2025
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 May 2025
The Democratic senators noted that mass shootings in the United States declined by 37 percent and produced fewer fatalities per event when the assault weapons ban was in effect from 1994 to 2004.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 30 Apr. 2025
Colorado lawmakers are closing in on limiting sales of semiautomatic firearms — including those commonly known as assault weapons — in the state after two years of unsuccessful attempts.
—The Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2025
Everyone was for a ban on assault weapons and universal background checks.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assault weapon
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The independent dealer Catalina Pawn in Tucson, Arizona, sold 132 pistols, assault rifles and rifle receivers to three people between Oct. 29, 2021, and Feb. 7, 2022.—
Sean Campbell,
The Conversation,
23 May 2025
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Militants armed with assault rifles entered Baisaran valley, a popular tourist spot, and 26 civilians were killed.—
Jasreen Mayal Khanna,
AFAR Media,
19 May 2025
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Weapons experts said the rate of gunfire heard in the footage, as well as images of bullets retrieved from victims, were consistent with machine guns used by the Israeli military that can be mounted on tanks.—
Jeremy Diamond,
CNN Money,
4 June 2025
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This conflict, ensnared in trench warfare, is reminiscent of the battlefields of Europe in World War I, where the machine gun and tank notably became revolutions in military affairs; the small drone is this generation’s change to modern warfare.—
Bill Edwards,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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Rock’s talent includes shooting down German fighter planes with a single submachine gun and tossing grenades with great accuracy.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
17 Mar. 2025
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Budweiser factories received bomb threats, customers boycotted the beer, and MAGA musician Kid Rock filmed himself shooting up 12-packs with a submachine gun, tears in his eyes.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
26 Feb. 2025
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One casing is a 9mm caliber, likely a pistol, or a machine pistol or a submachine gun, Weir said.—
Mohammad Al Sawalhi,
CNN,
26 June 2024
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Prosecutors said police found two weapons in the getaway car when the men were detained on a highway about 50 kilometers (30 miles) outside Amsterdam, a Heckler and Koch machine pistol and, in a Louis Vuitton bag, a blank-firing pistol that had been modified to take 9-millimeter rounds.—
MIKE CORDER,
ajc,
18 Oct. 2021
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After speeches by longtime colleagues (the F.B.I. director, Christopher Wray, presented him with a replica tommy gun), Garland spoke.—
Fabio Bertoni,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2025
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Gauging from the trailer, this grisly period piece appears to be set in the South with Jordan starring in a dual role as a pair of twins, at least one of whom gets to spray bullets with a retro tommy gun.—
Meredith Blake,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Jan. 2025
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“Assault weapon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assault%20weapon. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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