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Recent Examples of assault weapon
Neither the government’s evidence nor that from the Haitian police, including an AR-15 style assault weapon borrowed from the parallel Haiti investigation, can be trusted, lawyers for each of the defendants told jurors.
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Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
5 May 2026
Jones was arrested on charges of possession of an assault weapon, possession of a large capacity magazine, carrying a pistol without a permit and interfering with an officer.
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Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
1 May 2026
He was convicted of assault weapon possession, a felony, last year in San Joaquin County, court records show.
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Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2026
Higgins was booked for discharging a firearm at an inhabited dwelling, assault with a firearm, manufacturing or assembling an unregistered firearm, and manufacturing or causing to be manufactured an assault weapon.
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Julie Sharp,
CBS News,
10 Mar. 2026
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Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
5 May 2026
Jones was arrested on charges of possession of an assault weapon, possession of a large capacity magazine, carrying a pistol without a permit and interfering with an officer.
—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
1 May 2026
He was convicted of assault weapon possession, a felony, last year in San Joaquin County, court records show.
—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2026
Higgins was booked for discharging a firearm at an inhabited dwelling, assault with a firearm, manufacturing or assembling an unregistered firearm, and manufacturing or causing to be manufactured an assault weapon.
—
Julie Sharp,
CBS News,
10 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assault weapon
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Nicolas Cage headlines through the Nick Cage Event Pass running June 25 to July 23, whose free track hands out the AN-94 assault rifle and Executioner's Duet melee weapon.
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When Jonah was 3, sound asleep in his room at his older sister’s birthday party, bullets from an assault rifle cracked through the windows of Jamon’s house and left holes above his bed.
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In the lead-up to the election, white business owners had ordered a state-of-the-art machine gun that could fire more than four hundred rounds a minute.
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Pinpoint Where Value Is Being Lost Honestly, almost everyone is trying to kill an ant with a machine gun.
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On the roof, a three-year-old boy from Chile plays with a toy submachine gun, pointing it at anyone who comes within range.
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Police learned Pyles owns a handgun and a submachine gun, according to charging documents.
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One casing is a 9mm caliber, likely a pistol, or a machine pistol or a submachine gun, Weir said.
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Deputies also allegedly found a MAC-10 machine pistol and a 9 mm handgun under the passenger seat.
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Gunfire disrupts the silence as Raya emerges through smoke, armed with a tommy gun.
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“Assault weapon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assault%20weapon. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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