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In a 2013 survey of criminologists, public health scholars, and legal academics, an assault weapons ban was ranked the single most effective measure among 20 policy options for reducing mass shootings.
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John J. Donohue, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
Two guns rights organizations are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their challenge to a ban on assault weapons in an Illinois county.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
There’s a surreal moment in the movie where Archer has a dream and sees a giant assault weapon floating over a house.
—William Earl, Variety, 8 Aug. 2025
Felony possession of an assault weapon is punishable by up to three years in prison and a $10,000 fine under California law.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2025
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John J. Donohue, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
Two guns rights organizations are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their challenge to a ban on assault weapons in an Illinois county.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
There’s a surreal moment in the movie where Archer has a dream and sees a giant assault weapon floating over a house.
—William Earl, Variety, 8 Aug. 2025
Felony possession of an assault weapon is punishable by up to three years in prison and a $10,000 fine under California law.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assault weapon
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On May 7, 2014, the informant made an undercover purchase of an assault rifle from Farzam at the hotelier’s Brentwood home, the investigation reports show.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
2 Nov. 2025
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Inside the vehicle, officers discovered the assault rifle, ammunition, gloves, a black ski mask and about $1,100 in cash, the documents said.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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Another video proliferated across social media showed an RSF gunman shooting an unarmed man in civilian clothing with a machine gun dozens of times point-blank, causing his body to partially disintegrate.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Oct. 2025
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This includes the engine’s cylinder heads, valves, pistons, fuel system pipes, machine gun components, fuselage, the wings and the cockpit panel pieces, according to the BBC.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Police learned Pyles owns a handgun and a submachine gun, according to charging documents.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
20 Aug. 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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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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“Assault weapon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assault%20weapon. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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