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Her statement was also in part a call to action, as the governor showed her support for a national assault weapons ban.
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Chad De Guzman, Time, 29 July 2025
The Supreme Court turns away a 2nd Amendment challenge to blue-state bans on assault weapons.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025
Topline The Supreme Court ruled Monday to let two state gun control laws remain in place, as the 6-3 conservative court declined to take up challenges to Maryland’s assault weapons ban and Rhode Island’s ban on high-capacity magazines.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
But homicides have risen to disturbing heights – three times that of the U.S. – since the lapse of the U.S. assault weapons ban in 2004.
—Sean Campbell, The Conversation, 28 May 2025
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Chad De Guzman, Time, 29 July 2025
The Supreme Court turns away a 2nd Amendment challenge to blue-state bans on assault weapons.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025
Topline The Supreme Court ruled Monday to let two state gun control laws remain in place, as the 6-3 conservative court declined to take up challenges to Maryland’s assault weapons ban and Rhode Island’s ban on high-capacity magazines.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
But homicides have risen to disturbing heights – three times that of the U.S. – since the lapse of the U.S. assault weapons ban in 2004.
—Sean Campbell, The Conversation, 28 May 2025
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“Assault weapon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assault%20weapon. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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