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assault weapon

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  • He's campaigned on his support for single-payer health care and a statewide assault weapons ban.
    — Gregory Krieg, CNN, 8 May 2018
  • Kopser supports an assault weapons ban and wants to establish universal background checks.
    — Jasper Scherer, San Antonio Express-News, 15 May 2018
  • These are just some of the complications that limit an assault weapons ban’s effectiveness.
    — German Lopez, Vox, 21 May 2018
  • The 1994 Crime Bill also included a ban on assault weapons.
    — Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 14 May 2018
  • So what would Graham do as governor? Step one: Get through a ban on military-style assault weapons.
    — refinery29.com, 11 May 2018
  • Wilson thinks universal background checks are a no-brainer and wants to ban assault weapons, as well as restrict the size of high-capacity magazines.
    — Jasper Scherer, San Antonio Express-News, 15 May 2018
  • Vance and Trump oppose most gun-control laws, including an assault weapons ban and national red-flag laws proposed by Harris.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 26 Oct. 2024
  • Studies on assault weapons bans have generally ranged from inconclusive to unfavorable toward a ban.
    — German Lopez, Vox, 21 May 2018
  • Since Clinton’s assault weapons ban in 1994, there has been no federal legislation banning military-style weapons.
    — Ashley Belanger, Teen Vogue, 22 May 2018
  • In that case, some of the weapons made by a gang were assault weapons.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2019
  • Some of the gun parts were for AR-style assault weapons.
    — Silas Morgan, Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2024
  • At the time, Biden was one of the senators who pushed for the 10-year assault weapon ban.
    — Merdie Nzanga, USA TODAY, 20 July 2022
  • In that case, some of the weapons, which police said were made by a gang, were assault weapons.
    — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 22 Nov. 2019
  • The poll found that 56% back banning the sale of assault weapons, while 38% are opposed.
    — Laura Litvan, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2019
  • Moore told The Times on Wednesday about the assault weapons ban that expired in 2004.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2019
  • The group argues that there is no such thing as a civilian assault weapon.
    — John Wildermuth, SFChronicle.com, 6 July 2018
  • Jean-Pierre called on Congress to pass an assault weapons ban.
    — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2023
  • That was the reason this board took the courageous step to ban assault weapons in our village.
    — Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 11 June 2018
  • The idea of an assault weapon ban in Congress is pretty much off the table.
    — NBC News, 28 Mar. 2021
  • Yes, but: The group was split on whether to enact a federal ban on assault weapons like the AR-15.
    — Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Young said the change was the result of his attempt to bring an assault weapons ban to the Assembly floor.
    — Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2018
  • Any push for a new assault weapons ban seemed destined to fail in Congress.
    — Todd C. Frankel, Shawn Boburg, Josh Dawsey, Ashley Parker and Alex Horton, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Mar. 2023
  • This was not the first time Maryland’s assault weapons ban had to pass a 4th Circuit challenge.
    — Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2024
  • That same night, a man killed nine people with an assault weapon in Dayton, Ohio.
    — ExpressNews.com, 1 Sep. 2019
  • There is no good reason for anyone to have an assault weapon.
    — Matt Seaton, The New York Review of Books, 3 Apr. 2021
  • In 2021, a court blocked a Boulder, Colorado, assault weapons ban.
    — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 June 2024
  • The bills would raise the age for possessing assault weapons, regardless of when they were made, from 18 to 21.
    — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
  • This is a good example of why a 17-year-old shouldn’t be running around with an assault weapon.
    — Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2021
  • Crazy thought: Your right to own an assault weapon is not greater than Lisa Lopez-Galvan’s right to not be murdered by one.
    — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Ramos has been convicted of possessing an assault weapon in 2010, while Pimentil’s prior convictions include gun possession and possessing drugs in a jail facility, court records show.
    — Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024

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