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He was booked on charges including possession of an assault weapon, manufacturing guns with a 3D printer and possession of a silencer, according to police.
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Jason Green, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2025
Diaz’s associates reportedly then took the weapons, including assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and sold them throughout Connecticut.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2025
That is when firearm sellers in California began offering unfinished receivers for the AR-15 and AK-47 series of guns, in an attempt to circumvent the state’s assault weapons laws, according to T. Christian Heyne of Brady, a gun violence prevention organization.
—Annie Karni, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Jean Robert Casimir, 52, who once served on the security team of a former Haiti National Police chief, was arrested in December after U.S. investigators traced two semi-automatic AR-15 assault weapons back to him.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
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Jason Green, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2025
Diaz’s associates reportedly then took the weapons, including assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and sold them throughout Connecticut.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2025
That is when firearm sellers in California began offering unfinished receivers for the AR-15 and AK-47 series of guns, in an attempt to circumvent the state’s assault weapons laws, according to T. Christian Heyne of Brady, a gun violence prevention organization.
—Annie Karni, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Jean Robert Casimir, 52, who once served on the security team of a former Haiti National Police chief, was arrested in December after U.S. investigators traced two semi-automatic AR-15 assault weapons back to him.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Assault weapon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assault%20weapon. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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