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Recent Examples of assault weapon
The bill applies only to the sale and manufacturing of assault weapons and not possession.
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Kimberlee Kruesi, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025
O’Neill Burke pledged during her campaign to seek pretrial detention for anyone caught with an assault weapon, and that includes handguns with contraptions converting them to automatic firearms.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2025
Nine other states, the District of Columbia, and various cities have also restricted assault weapons.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 3 June 2025
After applying that new framework to Maryland's ban, the 4th Circuit concluded last year that the assault weapons ban is constitutional.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 2 June 2025
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Kimberlee Kruesi, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025
O’Neill Burke pledged during her campaign to seek pretrial detention for anyone caught with an assault weapon, and that includes handguns with contraptions converting them to automatic firearms.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2025
Nine other states, the District of Columbia, and various cities have also restricted assault weapons.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 3 June 2025
After applying that new framework to Maryland's ban, the 4th Circuit concluded last year that the assault weapons ban is constitutional.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 2 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assault weapon
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Westman had decorated the assault rifle and shotgun with hate speech in ways that aligned with the dark underbelly of alt-right meme culture that regularly disparages people of color, Jewish people, the LGBTQ+, and people with disabilities.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Hatfield and 41-year-old David Vanover thought Gladwell had stole money from them and confronted him with an assault rifle outside a home on East Miami River Road, according to the Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office.—
David Ferrara,
The Enquirer,
26 Aug. 2025
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Many Allied soldiers drowned, hit mines or were cut down by Nazi machine gun crossfire.—
Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Large groups were indiscriminately huddled together and riddled with machine gun fire.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
29 Aug. 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 10 Sep. 2025.
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