How to Use assault weapon in a Sentence

assault weapon

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  • 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
  • Jean-Pierre called on Congress to pass an assault weapons ban.
    — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • But the lethality of assault weapons has made them the instrument of choice in gun massacres.
    — Dr. Dean L. Winslow, The Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2019
  • This is not the first time the 4th Circuit has considered Maryland’s assault weapons ban.
    — Madeleine O'Neill, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Other bills would ban ghost guns and restrict the peddling of small assault weapon look-alikes to children.
    — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2022
  • But starting in the mid-2000s, after the assault weapons ban expired, their appeal grew.
    — Michael Steinberger, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Trudeau failed to make good on a 2015 election promise to restrict sales of assault weapons in Canada.
    — Paula Newton, CNN, 1 May 2020
  • An assault weapon, an AR-15 style, was used in Colorado, but not in those two Virginia shootings.
    — CBS News, 27 Nov. 2022
  • The state argued the law aims to prevent mass shooters from gaining access to assault weapons.
    — Taylor Romine, CNN, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Republicans want to ban books and drag queens but not assault weapons.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The turning point was his support for a 1994 crime bill that included an assault weapons ban.
    — Mike McIntire, New York Times, 30 July 2023
  • The details of how the Brady bill and assault weapons ban came into existence matter.
    — Marin Cogan, Vox, 16 July 2024
  • That case, which has been newly appealed, is on hold until the 9th Circuit rules in the prior assault weapon case.
    — Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2021
  • Canada banned military-style assault weapons two weeks after a 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia.
    — Li Zhou, Vox, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Alissa, who lived in the Denver suburb of Arvada, bought an assault weapon six days before the attack, according to an arrest affidavit.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 24 Sep. 2024

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