How to Use assault weapon in a Sentence

assault weapon

noun

• The assault weapon and the 9mm were found near his body.
  — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE.com, 29 Jan. 2018
• In that case, some of the weapons made by a gang were assault weapons.
  — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2019
• Some of the gun parts were for AR-style assault weapons.
  — Silas Morgan, Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2024
• At the time, Biden was one of the senators who pushed for the 10-year assault weapon ban.
  — Merdie Nzanga, USA TODAY, 20 July 2022
• Democrats would limit or ban the sale of assault weapons.
  — Fox News, 8 Mar. 2018
• In that case, some of the weapons, which police said were made by a gang, were assault weapons.
  — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 22 Nov. 2019
• The poll found that 56% back banning the sale of assault weapons, while 38% are opposed.
  — Laura Litvan, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2019
• Moore told The Times on Wednesday about the assault weapons ban that expired in 2004.
  — Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2019
• Bosley and the group also worked to pass an assault weapons ban in Illinois last year.
  — Claretta Bellamy, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2024
• The group argues that there is no such thing as a civilian assault weapon.
  — John Wildermuth, SFChronicle.com, 6 July 2018
• Jean-Pierre called on Congress to pass an assault weapons ban.
  — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2023
• That was the reason this board took the courageous step to ban assault weapons in our village.
  — Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 11 June 2018
• The idea of an assault weapon ban in Congress is pretty much off the table.
  — NBC News, 28 Mar. 2021
• Yes, but: The group was split on whether to enact a federal ban on assault weapons like the AR-15.
  — Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 13 Sep. 2024
• Schools were safer when the federal assault weapons ban was in place.
  — Staff Reports, charlotteobserver, 17 Apr. 2018
• Young said the change was the result of his attempt to bring an assault weapons ban to the Assembly floor.
  — Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2018
• Any push for a new assault weapons ban seemed destined to fail in Congress.
  — Todd C. Frankel, Shawn Boburg, Josh Dawsey, Ashley Parker and Alex Horton, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Mar. 2023
• There were always guns, but nothing like the assault weapons that line the shelves today.
  — David Joy, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2018
• This was not the first time Maryland’s assault weapons ban had to pass a 4th Circuit challenge.
  — Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2024
• That same night, a man killed nine people with an assault weapon in Dayton, Ohio.
  — ExpressNews.com, 1 Sep. 2019
• There is no good reason for anyone to have an assault weapon.
  — Matt Seaton, The New York Review of Books, 3 Apr. 2021
• In 2021, a court blocked a Boulder, Colorado, assault weapons ban.
  — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 June 2024
• The bills would raise the age for possessing assault weapons, regardless of when they were made, from 18 to 21.
  — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
• This is a good example of why a 17-year-old shouldn’t be running around with an assault weapon.
  — Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2021
• Crazy thought: Your right to own an assault weapon is not greater than Lisa Lopez-Galvan’s right to not be murdered by one.
  — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 16 Feb. 2024
• In response, President Donald Trump did not call for a ban on the sale of assault weapons.
  — Howard Cohen, miamiherald, 28 Feb. 2018
• But the lethality of assault weapons has made them the instrument of choice in gun massacres.
  — Dr. Dean L. Winslow, The Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2019
• This is not the first time the 4th Circuit has considered Maryland’s assault weapons ban.
  — Madeleine O'Neill, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 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
• 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

Last Updated: 25 Mar 2025