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  2. Assault weapons legislation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Assault weapons legislation in the United States refers to bills and laws (active, theoretical, expired, proposed, or failed) that define and restrict or make illegal the manufacture, transfer, and possession of assault weapons. How these firearms are defined and regulated varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction; generally, this constitutes a ...

  3. Assault weapon - Wikipedia

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    The origin of the term is not clearly known and is the subject of much debate. In the past, the names of certain military weapons used the phrase, such as the Rifleman's Assault Weapon, a grenade launcher developed in 1977 for use with the M16 assault rifle, [20] or the Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon, a rocket launcher introduced in 1984.

  4. Federal Assault Weapons Ban - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. US Supreme Court rebuffs challenge to Illinois assault weapon ...

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    The Illinois law bans the sale and distribution of many kinds of high-powered semiautomatic "assault weapons," including AK-47 and AR-15 rifles, as well as magazines that take more than 10 rounds ...

  6. These Countries Restricted Assault Weapons After Just One ...

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    A single mass shooting was enough to force legislative change in a number of countries, including New Zealand, Australia, and the U.K.

  7. Democrats unveil bill to seize certain guns, ban assault weapons

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    Democrats in Georgia's state House of Representatives riled many gun owners this week when they introduced a bill that bans assault weapons and high capacity magazines and also requires officials ...

  8. Assault Weapons Ban of 2013 - Wikipedia

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    The Assault Weapons Ban of 2013 (AWB 2013) was a bill introduced in the 113th United States Congress as S. 150 by Senator Dianne Feinstein, D-CA, on January 24, 2013, one month after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. It was defeated in the Senate on April 17, 2013 by a vote of 40 to 60.

  9. Gun law in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Gun show, in the U.S.. Most federal gun laws are found in the following acts: [3] [4] National Firearms Act (NFA) (1934): Taxes the manufacture and transfer of, and mandates the registration of Title II weapons such as machine guns, short-barreled rifles and shotguns, heavy weapons, explosive ordnance, suppressors, and disguised or improvised firearms.