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The 24-year-old, who fired an AR-15-style assault rifle from a rooftop into the parade’s crowd, is expected to spend the rest of his life behind bars.
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Chicago Tribune, 23 Apr. 2025
The assault rifle that was allegedly going to be used to carry out the murder.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 22 Mar. 2025
The warrants allegedly led to the discovery and seizure of 10 firearms, including assault rifles, 220 grams of cocaine, $116,000 in U.S currency and a 2018 Dodge Ram.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 12 Mar. 2025
The independent dealer Catalina Pawn in Tucson, Arizona, sold 132 pistols, assault rifles and rifle receivers to three people between Oct. 29, 2021, and Feb. 7, 2022.
—Sean Campbell, The Conversation, 23 May 2025
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Chicago Tribune, 23 Apr. 2025
The assault rifle that was allegedly going to be used to carry out the murder.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 22 Mar. 2025
The warrants allegedly led to the discovery and seizure of 10 firearms, including assault rifles, 220 grams of cocaine, $116,000 in U.S currency and a 2018 Dodge Ram.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 12 Mar. 2025
The independent dealer Catalina Pawn in Tucson, Arizona, sold 132 pistols, assault rifles and rifle receivers to three people between Oct. 29, 2021, and Feb. 7, 2022.
—Sean Campbell, The Conversation, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assault rifle
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Gun control advocates have been pushing for an assault weapons ban in Rhode Island for more than a decade.—
Kimberlee Kruesi,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2025
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Republican legislators have long accused the Democratic majority of infringing on the Second Amendment right to bear arms through laws such as the 2023 assault weapons ban, which remains under court challenge.—
Jeremy Gorner,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2025
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Weapons experts said the rate of gunfire heard in the footage, as well as images of bullets retrieved from victims, were consistent with machine guns used by the Israeli military.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
27 June 2025
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According to court records, prosecutors also charged Phillips with multiple counts of armed robbery and carjacking and one count of being in possession of a machine gun.—
Rick Hurd,
Mercury News,
23 June 2025
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Rock’s talent includes shooting down German fighter planes with a single submachine gun and tossing grenades with great accuracy.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
17 Mar. 2025
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Budweiser factories received bomb threats, customers boycotted the beer, and MAGA musician Kid Rock filmed himself shooting up 12-packs with a submachine gun, tears in his eyes.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
26 Feb. 2025
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One casing is a 9mm caliber, likely a pistol, or a machine pistol or a submachine gun, Weir said.—
Mohammad Al Sawalhi,
CNN,
26 June 2024
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Prosecutors said police found two weapons in the getaway car when the men were detained on a highway about 50 kilometers (30 miles) outside Amsterdam, a Heckler and Koch machine pistol and, in a Louis Vuitton bag, a blank-firing pistol that had been modified to take 9-millimeter rounds.—
MIKE CORDER,
ajc,
18 Oct. 2021
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After speeches by longtime colleagues (the F.B.I. director, Christopher Wray, presented him with a replica tommy gun), Garland spoke.—
Fabio Bertoni,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2025
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Gauging from the trailer, this grisly period piece appears to be set in the South with Jordan starring in a dual role as a pair of twins, at least one of whom gets to spray bullets with a retro tommy gun.—
Meredith Blake,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Jan. 2025
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Plus, the robots in question here aren't miniature terminators that crawl about blasting mucus from the walls of your sinuses with laser rifles.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
30 June 2025
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Topline Authorities reportedly identified the man suspected of killing two firefighters and injuring another in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho—after he was found dead next to the sniper rifle believed to be used to ambush firefighters responding to a wildfire.—
Siladitya Ray,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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“Assault rifle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assault%20rifle. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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