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Recent Examples of assault weapon
One of the ghost guns was an AR-15-style assault rifle, and two additional AR-15-style assault weapons were also recovered, prosecutors said.
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Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2025
Her organization continues to advocate for an assault weapons ban and background checks on all firearm sales, but such ideas are going nowhere in a Washington where the GOP controls the White House and both chambers of Congress.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 12 Jan. 2025
Responding to a deadly school shooting in Madison, President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass universal background checks, a national red flag law and a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.
—Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024
Cisneros is a gun safety advocate who backed universal background checks and an assault weapons ban during his time in the House.
—The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
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Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2025
Her organization continues to advocate for an assault weapons ban and background checks on all firearm sales, but such ideas are going nowhere in a Washington where the GOP controls the White House and both chambers of Congress.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 12 Jan. 2025
Responding to a deadly school shooting in Madison, President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass universal background checks, a national red flag law and a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.
—Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024
Cisneros is a gun safety advocate who backed universal background checks and an assault weapons ban during his time in the House.
—The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assault weapon
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State special agents and the Roseville Police SWAT team raided Berman’s home on Nov. 12, seizing eight assault rifles and a silencer, Bonta said in a news release.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacramento Bee,
19 Feb. 2025
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One of the ghost guns was an AR-15-style assault rifle, and two additional AR-15-style assault weapons were also recovered, prosecutors said.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
6 Feb. 2025
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British Navy personnel stationed in the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea had seen how fast Arab dhows secretly armed with a three-pounder gun and a machine gun successfully defeated pirates and slave raiders.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Feb. 2025
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Even if machine guns and other military-grade weapons were used by civilians, why apologize for it?—
Pioneer Press,
Twin Cities,
8 Feb. 2025
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Angry protesters denounced the brand on TikTok, ultimately leading to bomb threats, a country musician banning sales of the beer on his tour and a Twitter video of Kid Rock firing at cases of Bud Light with a submachine gun.—
Maggie Lange,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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Rock’s talent includes shooting down German plans with a single submachine gun and tossing grenades with great accuracy.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
20 Nov. 2024
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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 3 Mar. 2025.
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