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Texas law preempts local firearm regulations, and there are no state restrictions on assault weapons or magazine capacities.
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 May 2025
The Democratic senators noted that mass shootings in the United States declined by 37 percent and produced fewer fatalities per event when the assault weapons ban was in effect from 1994 to 2004.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 30 Apr. 2025
Colorado lawmakers are closing in on limiting sales of semiautomatic firearms — including those commonly known as assault weapons — in the state after two years of unsuccessful attempts.
—The Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2025
Everyone was for a ban on assault weapons and universal background checks.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2025
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 May 2025
The Democratic senators noted that mass shootings in the United States declined by 37 percent and produced fewer fatalities per event when the assault weapons ban was in effect from 1994 to 2004.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 30 Apr. 2025
Colorado lawmakers are closing in on limiting sales of semiautomatic firearms — including those commonly known as assault weapons — in the state after two years of unsuccessful attempts.
—The Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2025
Everyone was for a ban on assault weapons and universal background checks.
—Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2025
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“Assault weapon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assault%20weapon. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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