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any of various automatic and semiautomatic military firearms utilizing an intermediate-power cartridge, designed for individual use.Compare assault rifle.

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Corbin first introduced the “militia bill” in 2013 when then-President Barack Obama proposed extensive laws to end gun violence, including reinstating a ban on assault weapons.
State senator wants to shield people from gun-control laws by making them all militia members|Paulina Villegas|March 25, 2021|Washington Post
Only 10 days before the tragedy took place, a judge blocked a ban on assault weapons in Boulder that was first pushed to prevent mass shootings from happening.
State senator wants to shield people from gun-control laws by making them all militia members|Paulina Villegas|March 25, 2021|Washington Post
He also proposed a buyback program for assault weapons and high-capacity magazines that would require owners to sell them to the federal government or register them under the National Firearms Act.
Fearing violence and political uncertainty, Americans are buying millions more firearms|Hannah Denham, Andrew Ba Tran|February 4, 2021|Washington Post
This was only a buyback of assault weapons and not all guns, making for the relatively low rate.
Does Restricting Access to Guns Reduce Gun Violence?|Truthbetold|December 14, 2020|TruthBeTold.news

Tel Aviv sidewalks are filled with uniformed young Israelis carrying a latte in one hand and an assault weapon in the other.
Deni Avdija is ‘the greatest talent in Israeli basketball history.’ But is he ready for the NBA?|Steve Hendrix|November 30, 2020|Washington Post
But even when the jet will be able to shoot its gun, the F-35 barely carries enough ammunition to make the weapon useful.
New U.S. Stealth Jet Can’t Fire Its Gun Until 2019|Dave Majumdar|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But damn, the music is catchy—a neo-soul aural assault of horns, electro swirls, yelps, funky basslines, and harmonized vocals.
The 14 Best Songs of 2014: Bobby Shmurda, Future Islands, Drake, and More|Marlow Stern|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Luckily, Tor was prepared for this sort of assault, and has built-in defenses to protect against it.
The Attack on the Hidden Internet|Marc Rogers|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was like a constant assault, an almost stupefying catalogue of mindless racial insult and injury.
How Martin Luther King Jr. Influenced Sam Cooke’s ‘A Change Is Gonna Come’|Peter Guralnick|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For his tireless assault on evolutionary biology and downsizing the deity to fit within science, I give Meyer second place.
2014: Revenge of the Creationists|Karl W. Giberson|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The case was an assault and battery that came off between two men named Brown and Henderson.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
Pat Malone, you are fined five dollars for assault and battery on Mike Sweeney.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
He made a violent assault against the nation of his enemies, and in the descent he destroyed the adversaries.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
The imperialists under the duke of Bourbon, took Rome by assault and plundered it.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Edwin had to brace himself again, for an assault upon the fastness of the stationmaster.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett