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The suit seeks to strike parts of the ordinance that ban anyone under 21 from having a handgun or ammunition and a prohibition on anyone between the ages of 18 and 20 from possessing a semiautomatic assault rifle with certain exceptions.
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Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 27 June 2025
Officers with assault rifles and faces covered pulled those arrested into vans and trucks.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
Inside the vehicle, police recovered a disturbing cache of weapons, including at least three AK-47 assault rifles and a 9mm handgun, along with a manifesto that listed the names and addresses of other public officials.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2025
There is also the church member who was divinely positioned to see the assailant approaching the church in full tactical gear, including an assault rifle, and acted swiftly to hit him with his truck, injuring him.
—Nick Lentz, CBS News, 24 June 2025
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Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 27 June 2025
Officers with assault rifles and faces covered pulled those arrested into vans and trucks.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
Inside the vehicle, police recovered a disturbing cache of weapons, including at least three AK-47 assault rifles and a 9mm handgun, along with a manifesto that listed the names and addresses of other public officials.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2025
There is also the church member who was divinely positioned to see the assailant approaching the church in full tactical gear, including an assault rifle, and acted swiftly to hit him with his truck, injuring him.
—Nick Lentz, CBS News, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assault rifle
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With all that, the majority’s legislative leaders and governor decided to increase purchases of any kind of firearm, including assault weapons, by creating an incentive to buy.—
Tina Polsky,
Sun Sentinel,
8 July 2025
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Valencia was booked into San Diego jail on suspicion of murder, owning a firearm without a serial number and possessing an assault weapon, according to Sheriff’s Office online arrest logs.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 July 2025
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Akram Aker, another witness, said troops fired machine guns mounted on tanks and drones.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Chicago Tribune,
19 July 2025
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Joe ducks into a gun store, emerging with a machine gun.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
18 July 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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Budweiser factories received bomb threats, customers boycotted the beer, and MAGA musician Kid Rock filmed himself shooting up 12-packs with a submachine gun, tears in his eyes.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
26 Feb. 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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Another relative said Vang then threatened her and another woman while the two were in a car in the driveway and that his finger was on the trigger of a rifle pointed at the car.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
22 July 2025
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The families have also filed a lawsuit against Daniel Defense, which manufactured the AR-style rifle used in the May 24, 2022, shooting.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
21 July 2025
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“Assault rifle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assault%20rifle. Accessed 28 Jul. 2025.
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