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Separately, the 9th Circuit Court in San Francisco is weighing a 2nd Amendment challenge to California’s ban on assault weapons.
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David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2024
Murthy called for universal background checks, a ban on assault weapons, more federal funding for gun violence prevention research and tighter regulations on the gun industry, among other suggestions.
—Nina Moske, Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2024
Everytown, a gun safety advocacy group, has said mass shootings carried out with assault weapons between 2015 and 2022 left an average of nearly six times as many people shot as shootings without assault weapons.
—Robert Legare, CBS News, 24 June 2024
Graham’s consistent votes against assault weapons, high-capacity magazines and other gun bans, as well as those of his scummy Rat-ublican colleagues, denies him or them from being considered human beings.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 22 June 2024
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David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2024
Murthy called for universal background checks, a ban on assault weapons, more federal funding for gun violence prevention research and tighter regulations on the gun industry, among other suggestions.
—Nina Moske, Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2024
Everytown, a gun safety advocacy group, has said mass shootings carried out with assault weapons between 2015 and 2022 left an average of nearly six times as many people shot as shootings without assault weapons.
—Robert Legare, CBS News, 24 June 2024
Graham’s consistent votes against assault weapons, high-capacity magazines and other gun bans, as well as those of his scummy Rat-ublican colleagues, denies him or them from being considered human beings.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 22 June 2024
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“Assault weapon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assault%20weapon. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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