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Recent Examples of assault rifle
Meanwhile, one Colombian and one Mexican man were found and detained unharmed at the scene, and the defense department said officers found a pistol and several magazines commonly used for assault rifles at the scene.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Twenty years ago, on September 27, 2004, the front section of the New York Times included a story about John Kerry, then the Democratic nominee for President, and a Chinese assault rifle.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2024
Tomasi was ordered to forfeit his assault rifle, handgun, shotgun, gun magazines and thousands of rounds of ammunition.
—Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 26 Nov. 2024
To compete players can arm themselves with a range of firearms including machine guns, assault rifles and shotguns.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Twenty years ago, on September 27, 2004, the front section of the New York Times included a story about John Kerry, then the Democratic nominee for President, and a Chinese assault rifle.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2024
Tomasi was ordered to forfeit his assault rifle, handgun, shotgun, gun magazines and thousands of rounds of ammunition.
—Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 26 Nov. 2024
To compete players can arm themselves with a range of firearms including machine guns, assault rifles and shotguns.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assault rifle
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Biden Reacts to Abundant Life Christian School Shooting in Madison, WI Just over the weekend, Biden posted to X calling for a ban on assault weapons.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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Bosley and the group also worked to pass an assault weapons ban in Illinois last year.Claretta Bellamy, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2024
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One firearm carried a machine gun conversion device, commonly called a Glock Switch.Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Dec. 2024
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The beer brand was boycotted by many, including singer Kid Rock who shot a machine gun at crates of Bud Light.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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Rock’s talent includes shooting down German plans with a single submachine gun and tossing grenades with great accuracy.Justin Kroll, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2024
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Police also found 89 firearms, including handguns, submachine guns and AR-15-style rifles, as well as small explosive devices, large quantities of ammunition, silencers, high-capacity magazines, body armor and $500,000 in Canadian, equivalent to roughly $360,000 in US dollars.Max Hauptman, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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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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Guy comes up, holding a tommy gun.George Saunders, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2020
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That applies to all the dialogue, which doesn’t change at all from character to character, each of them firing off pop culture references like a tommy gun.Joshua Alston, Variety, 11 Jan. 2023
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Sullivan said the district court showed commercially available civilian semi-automatic rifles are not military grade.Greg Bishop | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Dec. 2024
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King changed his long-standing opposition to gun restrictions after the mass shooting and filed a bill that would have raised the age to purchase AR-15 style semiautomatic rifles from 18 to 21 years of age.Bayliss Wagner, Austin American-Statesman, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Assault rifle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assault%20rifle. Accessed 27 Dec. 2024.
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