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Recent Examples of assault weapon
Brooks supports gun safety reforms such as red flag laws, purchase waiting periods and a ban on assault weapons.
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The Tennessean, 15 Oct. 2024
Biden Reacts to Abundant Life Christian School Shooting in Madison, WI
Just over the weekend, Biden posted to X calling for a ban on assault weapons.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Bosley and the group also worked to pass an assault weapons ban in Illinois last year.
—Claretta Bellamy, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2024
Gonzales was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and possession of an assault weapon with a high-capacity magazine and a silencer, among other charges.
—Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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The Tennessean, 15 Oct. 2024
Biden Reacts to Abundant Life Christian School Shooting in Madison, WI
Just over the weekend, Biden posted to X calling for a ban on assault weapons.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
Bosley and the group also worked to pass an assault weapons ban in Illinois last year.
—Claretta Bellamy, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2024
Gonzales was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and possession of an assault weapon with a high-capacity magazine and a silencer, among other charges.
—Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assault weapon
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Proponents of gun control say limiting the ability of individuals to buy some weapons, such as assault rifles, would mitigate the number of shootings.—
John Mac Ghlionn,
Newsweek,
13 Jan. 2025
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O’Rourke had proposed a ban and a buyback program for assault rifles, and Boebert, standing in the audience, challenged him, in an exchange that subsequently appeared on Fox News.—
Peter Hessler,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2025
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With four Hotchkiss machine guns mounted on a bluff overlooking the camp, the troops demanded the tribe forfeit its weapons.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 Dec. 2024
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In the final episode of season two, Gi-hun and a group of brave players staged a rebellion against the pink guards, stealing their machine guns and setting course for the control room.—
Glamour,
Glamour,
28 Dec. 2024
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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 23 Jan. 2025.
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