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Certain AR-15 rifles were considered assault weapons under the federal Assault Weapons Ban of 1994, [8] which expired in 2004, and some are considered assault weapons in states that have such bans in force. [9] In the wake of the shooting, there were calls for new or stricter gun control laws. [10]
The Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act, popularly known as the Federal Assault Weapons Ban (AWB or FAWB), was subtitle A of title XI of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, a United States federal law which included a prohibition on the manufacture for civilian use of certain semi-automatic firearms that were defined as assault weapons as well as ...
The assault weapons ban tried to address public concern about mass shootings while limiting the impact on recreational firearms use. [15]: 1–2 In November 1993, the ban passed the United States Senate. The author of the ban, Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and other advocates said that it was a weakened version of the original proposal. [16]
The claim: Harris said she will 'end the Second Amendment'; Walz backed AR-15 ban. An Aug. 25 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows quotes purportedly from Vice President Kamala Harris ...
Colorado state Senate passed a bill that would ban AR-15s, AK-47s, ... AR-15 rifles are displayed for sale at the Guntoberfest gun show in Oaks, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 6, 2017.
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The Dickey Amendment is a provision first inserted as a rider into the 1997 omnibus spending bill of the United States federal government that mandated that "none of the funds made available for injury prevention and control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) may be used to advocate or promote gun control."
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