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Recent Examples of assault weapon
How are officials responding? Hours after the shooting, President Joe Biden pressed Congress to pass gun reform legislation, including universal background checks and a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.
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Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
The main door had been removed and the windows damaged.
President Joe Biden called for more government action to address gun violence after the shooting, including universal background checks and a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
Biden issued a statement Monday afternoon, calling 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
Brooks supports gun safety reforms such as red flag laws, purchase waiting periods and a ban on assault weapons.
—The Tennessean, 15 Oct. 2024
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Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
The main door had been removed and the windows damaged.
President Joe Biden called for more government action to address gun violence after the shooting, including universal background checks and a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 17 Dec. 2024
Biden issued a statement Monday afternoon, calling 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
Brooks supports gun safety reforms such as red flag laws, purchase waiting periods and a ban on assault weapons.
—The Tennessean, 15 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assault weapon
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As that vehicle advanced toward the compound, some of the commandos, dressed in white T-shirts and armed with assault rifles and carrying military backpacks, pointed guns at the police.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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American troops patrol the area with assault rifles, where IEDs and chemical weapons await them.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025
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Kyiv will also soon utilize a new droid fighter with a robotic system and mounted machine gun.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Five tanks armed with machine guns ran over one camp, according to the VA.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
22 Jan. 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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Police also found 89 firearms, including handguns, submachine guns and AR-15-style rifles, as well as small explosive devices, large quantities of ammunition, silencers, high-capacity magazines, body armor and $500,000 in Canadian, equivalent to roughly $360,000 in US dollars.—
Max Hauptman,
USA TODAY,
1 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 11 Feb. 2025.
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