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Zoom in: Serrano's clients include Guardian Arms, a Moses Lake gun shop seeking to overturn Washington's ban on selling dozens of firearms that the state now defines as assault weapons.
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Melissa Santos, Axios, 9 Sep. 2024
Vance and Trump oppose most gun-control laws, including an assault weapons ban and national red-flag laws proposed by Harris.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 26 Oct. 2024
Emboldened by legal immunity, some manufacturers aggressively marketed assault weapons like the AR-15.
—Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 24 Oct. 2024
If Republicans control the House or the Senate — or both — after the election, Congress probably would not pass an assault weapons ban.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
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Melissa Santos, Axios, 9 Sep. 2024
Vance and Trump oppose most gun-control laws, including an assault weapons ban and national red-flag laws proposed by Harris.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 26 Oct. 2024
Emboldened by legal immunity, some manufacturers aggressively marketed assault weapons like the AR-15.
—Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 24 Oct. 2024
If Republicans control the House or the Senate — or both — after the election, Congress probably would not pass an assault weapons ban.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Assault weapon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assault%20weapon. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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