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This was not the first time Maryland’s assault weapons ban had to pass a 4th Circuit challenge.
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Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2024
Illinois’s law banning assault weapons was immediately contested by gun rights groups.
—Marin Cogan, Vox, 5 Aug. 2024
This is not the first time the 4th Circuit has considered Maryland’s assault weapons ban.
—Madeleine O'Neill, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2024
After a gunman opened fire in 2018 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida and killed 17 people, Walz publicly expressed support for an assault weapons ban.
—Nik Popli, TIME, 6 Aug. 2024
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Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2024
Illinois’s law banning assault weapons was immediately contested by gun rights groups.
—Marin Cogan, Vox, 5 Aug. 2024
This is not the first time the 4th Circuit has considered Maryland’s assault weapons ban.
—Madeleine O'Neill, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2024
After a gunman opened fire in 2018 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida and killed 17 people, Walz publicly expressed support for an assault weapons ban.
—Nik Popli, TIME, 6 Aug. 2024
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“Assault weapon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assault%20weapon. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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