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In a blistering dissent to the decision not to hear the assault weapons ban challenge, Thomas called on the high court to take up the issue of laws which target the popular AR-15 firearm.
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Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 8 June 2025
Nine states have assault weapons bans in place, as gun control has become a hot topic at the Supreme Court.
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
The shooter was armed with an AR-15, one of the firearms commonly referred to as an assault weapon.
—Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
For more than a decade, the justices have turned away gun-rights appeals that challenged local or state bans on assault weapons.
—David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
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Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 8 June 2025
Nine states have assault weapons bans in place, as gun control has become a hot topic at the Supreme Court.
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
The shooter was armed with an AR-15, one of the firearms commonly referred to as an assault weapon.
—Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
For more than a decade, the justices have turned away gun-rights appeals that challenged local or state bans on assault weapons.
—David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assault weapon
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The suit seeks to strike parts of the ordinance that ban anyone under 21 from having a handgun or ammunition and a prohibition on anyone between the ages of 18 and 20 from possessing a semiautomatic assault rifle with certain exceptions.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
27 June 2025
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Officers with assault rifles and faces covered pulled those arrested into vans and trucks.—
Brittny Mejia,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2025
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The 34-year-old man and his 25-year-old girlfriend, both Oakland residents, were charged with being felons in possession of firearms, possessing a machine gun, and possessing property that was stolen from the U.S. Coast Guard in Oakland, court records show.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
4 July 2025
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They're treated like a hostile force – no crowd-control measures, no tear gas – just live fire with everything imaginable: heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, mortars.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 June 2025
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Rock’s talent includes shooting down German fighter planes with a single submachine gun and tossing grenades with great accuracy.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
17 Mar. 2025
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Budweiser factories received bomb threats, customers boycotted the beer, and MAGA musician Kid Rock filmed himself shooting up 12-packs with a submachine gun, tears in his eyes.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
26 Feb. 2025
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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 18 Jul. 2025.
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