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Republicans are against proposals backed by the DFL including a a ban on semiautomatic rifles with features like pistol-grips and detachable magazines, often described as assault weapons, as well as limiting magazine capacity to 10 rounds.
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Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 27 Mar. 2026
Higgins was booked for discharging a firearm at an inhabited dwelling, assault with a firearm, manufacturing or assembling an unregistered firearm, and manufacturing or causing to be manufactured an assault weapon.
—Julie Sharp, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
In a predawn raid in Jackson Heights, scores of militarized agents from the Department of Homeland Security descended with assault weapons on a residential building, removing a man and woman from their apartment.
—Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2026
An assault weapons ban likely would have passed too, but then-Attorney General Ashley Moody coaxed the Florida Supreme Court to keep it off the ballot.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2026
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Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 27 Mar. 2026
Higgins was booked for discharging a firearm at an inhabited dwelling, assault with a firearm, manufacturing or assembling an unregistered firearm, and manufacturing or causing to be manufactured an assault weapon.
—Julie Sharp, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
In a predawn raid in Jackson Heights, scores of militarized agents from the Department of Homeland Security descended with assault weapons on a residential building, removing a man and woman from their apartment.
—Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2026
An assault weapons ban likely would have passed too, but then-Attorney General Ashley Moody coaxed the Florida Supreme Court to keep it off the ballot.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2026
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“Assault weapon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assault%20weapon. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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