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Responding to a deadly school shooting in Madison, President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass universal background checks, a national red flag law and a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.
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Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024
Cisneros is a gun safety advocate who backed universal background checks and an assault weapons ban during his time in the House.
—The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
Another calls for raising the minimum age to purchase weapons, and a third urges the banning of assault weapons that were designed for war zones.
—Simon Parkin, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2025
Republican lawmakers have railed against previous legislation, including the more sweeping assault weapons ban proposals, as government overreach and infringements on the Second Amendment.
—Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 3 Jan. 2025
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Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024
Cisneros is a gun safety advocate who backed universal background checks and an assault weapons ban during his time in the House.
—The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
Another calls for raising the minimum age to purchase weapons, and a third urges the banning of assault weapons that were designed for war zones.
—Simon Parkin, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2025
Republican lawmakers have railed against previous legislation, including the more sweeping assault weapons ban proposals, as government overreach and infringements on the Second Amendment.
—Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Assault weapon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assault%20weapon. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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