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Recent Examples of assault weapon
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.
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Tina Polsky, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2025
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
Following its decision in that landmark gun case, the Supreme Court sent the challenge to Maryland's assault weapons back to the appeals court to reconsider the case.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 2 June 2025
Other officers were charged with fraud, accepting bribes, possessing assault weapons and various other crimes.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 7 May 2025
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Tina Polsky, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2025
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
Following its decision in that landmark gun case, the Supreme Court sent the challenge to Maryland's assault weapons back to the appeals court to reconsider the case.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 2 June 2025
Other officers were charged with fraud, accepting bribes, possessing assault weapons and various other crimes.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 7 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assault weapon
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Republican Divide Over Gaza Grows in Wake of Trump’s Calls for More Aid The measure on assault rifles failed by 72-27, blocked by 17 Democrats and all Republican senators.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
31 July 2025
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Tamura used the frame to build the assault rifle, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said in a pre-recorded video to department personnel Tuesday.—
Rocco Parascandola,
New York Daily News,
29 July 2025
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They’re treated like a hostile force—no crowd-control measures, no tear gas—just live fire with everything imaginable: heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, mortars. . . .—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
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Getting residents’ input When the officers strapped with machine guns left their guardposts along the highway between Bat Cave and Chimney Rock — a stretch still closed to everyone but locals — April Bolet didn’t expect much to change.—
Lila Hempel-Edgers
July 22,
Charlotte Observer,
22 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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“Assault weapon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assault%20weapon. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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