Examples of assault weapon in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
One of the cases argued in Richmond involves Maryland’s assault weapons ban, which is among a dozen laws of its type facing challenges across the country.
—
Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
One man got out with an AR-style assault weapon; another man had a handgun, the affidavit says.
—Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2024
The 51-year-old faces charges of having an assault weapon, stealing a firearm, making a non-serialized firearm and having a firearm with an altered serial number.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 8 Mar. 2024
Between 2015 and 2022, mass shootings carried out with assault weapons left an average of nearly six-times as many people shot as shootings without assault weapons, according to Everytown, a gun safety advocacy group.
—Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 15 Feb. 2024
Biden has responded to mass shootings in the U.S. by repeatedly calling on Congress to take additional action: reinstate a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines and pass legislation requiring gun background checks with gun purchases.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2024
In Minnesota, after Democrats gained control of the state government in 2022, the legislature passed a historic gun safety package in April, which includes a bill to require background checks on all handgun and semi-automatic military-style assault weapon sales and an extreme risk law.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 5 Jan. 2024
They were arrested on suspicion of possession of a steroid, an assault weapon, a silencer and narcotics as well as manufacturing and selling metal knuckles and being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to the news release.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024
All of our right to not be innocent victims in a mass shooting is as important as others’ right to own an assault weapon.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 18 Feb. 2024
Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
One man got out with an AR-style assault weapon; another man had a handgun, the affidavit says.
—Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2024
The 51-year-old faces charges of having an assault weapon, stealing a firearm, making a non-serialized firearm and having a firearm with an altered serial number.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 8 Mar. 2024
Between 2015 and 2022, mass shootings carried out with assault weapons left an average of nearly six-times as many people shot as shootings without assault weapons, according to Everytown, a gun safety advocacy group.
—Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 15 Feb. 2024
Biden has responded to mass shootings in the U.S. by repeatedly calling on Congress to take additional action: reinstate a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines and pass legislation requiring gun background checks with gun purchases.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2024
In Minnesota, after Democrats gained control of the state government in 2022, the legislature passed a historic gun safety package in April, which includes a bill to require background checks on all handgun and semi-automatic military-style assault weapon sales and an extreme risk law.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 5 Jan. 2024
They were arrested on suspicion of possession of a steroid, an assault weapon, a silencer and narcotics as well as manufacturing and selling metal knuckles and being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to the news release.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024
All of our right to not be innocent victims in a mass shooting is as important as others’ right to own an assault weapon.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 18 Feb. 2024
These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'assault weapon.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Articles Related to assault weapon
Dictionary Entries Near assault weapon
Cite this Entry
“Assault weapon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assault%20weapon. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share