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One of the ghost guns was an AR-15-style assault rifle, and two additional AR-15-style assault weapons were also recovered, prosecutors said.
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Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2025
Her organization continues to advocate for an assault weapons ban and background checks on all firearm sales, but such ideas are going nowhere in a Washington where the GOP controls the White House and both chambers of Congress.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 12 Jan. 2025
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.
—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
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Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 6 Feb. 2025
Her organization continues to advocate for an assault weapons ban and background checks on all firearm sales, but such ideas are going nowhere in a Washington where the GOP controls the White House and both chambers of Congress.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 12 Jan. 2025
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.
—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
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“Assault weapon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assault%20weapon. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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