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Minnesota customers also need permits to purchase or carry handguns and semi-automatic assault weapons, which require background checks.
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Taylor Galgano, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
Mohamed’s bill would ban large-capacity magazines and semiautomatic military assault weapons, with exceptions for military and law enforcement members who use them for work.
—Mary Murphy, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
Even as violent crime has fallen, the sharp rise in mass shootings after Congress allowed the federal assault weapons ban to elapse in 2004 and the recent rise in political violence are reasons for deep concern.
—John J. Donohue, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
Leaders from duPont Manual's chapter of Students Demand Action called for a ban on assault weapons and organized a walkout yesterday with hundreds of students.
—Ray Padilla, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Sep. 2025
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Taylor Galgano, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
Mohamed’s bill would ban large-capacity magazines and semiautomatic military assault weapons, with exceptions for military and law enforcement members who use them for work.
—Mary Murphy, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
Even as violent crime has fallen, the sharp rise in mass shootings after Congress allowed the federal assault weapons ban to elapse in 2004 and the recent rise in political violence are reasons for deep concern.
—John J. Donohue, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
Leaders from duPont Manual's chapter of Students Demand Action called for a ban on assault weapons and organized a walkout yesterday with hundreds of students.
—Ray Padilla, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Sep. 2025
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“Assault weapon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assault%20weapon. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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