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In 2019, Walmart stopped selling handgun ammunition, ammunition commonly used in military-style assault weapons and ask customers to stop openly carrying guns at stores after a mass shooting at an El Paso, Texas location left 22 people dead.
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Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 14 Nov. 2025
Participants who turn in handguns or rifles will receive a $100 gift card for each firearm, while those who hand over assault weapons will receive $300 cards.
—Claire Wang, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025
The ad urges members and supporters to join the NRA’s bid to fight back in the congressional midterm elections, where it is expected that Democrats will make a national push for an assault weapons ban like the one former President Bill Clinton instituted in 1994.
—Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 6 Nov. 2025
Langworthy has been charged with murder, possessing a firearm and ammunition as a felon and having an assault weapon later discovered during a search of his home, according to court records.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
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Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 14 Nov. 2025
Participants who turn in handguns or rifles will receive a $100 gift card for each firearm, while those who hand over assault weapons will receive $300 cards.
—Claire Wang, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025
The ad urges members and supporters to join the NRA’s bid to fight back in the congressional midterm elections, where it is expected that Democrats will make a national push for an assault weapons ban like the one former President Bill Clinton instituted in 1994.
—Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 6 Nov. 2025
Langworthy has been charged with murder, possessing a firearm and ammunition as a felon and having an assault weapon later discovered during a search of his home, according to court records.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for assault weapon
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“Assault weapon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assault%20weapon. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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