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  1. assault weaponnoun

    Any select fire firearm that allows semi-automatic and fully automatic operation, and is used or was once used by a military organization.

  2. assault weaponnoun

    A semi-automatic firearm that resembles a military weapon.

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  1. Assault weapon

    Assault weapon is a political and legal term that refers to different types of firearms and weapons, and is a term that has differing meanings, usages and purposes. In discussions about gun laws and gun politics in the United States, an assault weapon is most commonly defined as a semi-automatic firearm possessing certain cosmetic, ergonomic, or construction features similar to those of military firearms. Semi-automatic firearms fire one bullet each time the trigger is pulled; the spent cartridge case is ejected and another cartridge is loaded into the chamber, without requiring the manual operation of a bolt handle, a lever, or a sliding handgrip. An assault weapon has a detachable magazine, in conjunction with one, two, or more other features such as a pistol grip, a folding or collapsing stock, a flash suppressor, or a bayonet lug. Most assault weapons are rifles, but pistols or shotguns may also fall under the definition or be specified by name. The exact definition of the term in this context varies among each of the various jurisdictions limiting or prohibiting assault weapon manufacture, importation, sale, or possession, and legislative attempts are often made to change the definitions. Governing and defining laws include the now-expired Federal Assault Weapons Ban, as well as state and local laws often derived from or including definitions verbatim from the expired Federal Law.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of assault weapon in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of assault weapon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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    We are actually the only campaign with a plan…that supports mandatory buybacks of weapons of war, an assault weapon ban is very important and we need to have it. But that only takes weapons of war off the streets in the future. It does nothing for weapons of war that are currently out there and I think there's 15 or 16 million.

  2. Steve Cohen:

    Assault weapons are made to kill... when they're hit with an assault weapon they cannot be identified. They are obliterated, they are weapons of war and weapons of death and weapons of destruction that we should not permit out here.

  3. Kamala Harris:

    We need reasonable gun safety laws in this country, starting with universal background checks and a renewal of the assault weapon ban, but( elected officials) have failed to have the courage to act.

  4. Mike Rounds:

    You can call any type of a series of different types of guns assault weapon, and suddenly then they become a demonized item, and then suddenly it sounds like we've done something. The reality is there's a whole lot of different types of weapons that can be utilized whether you're talking about a handgun, or you're talking about a shotgun, or you're talking about a rifle….

  5. Gwyneth Paltrow:

    But he used the lie as an assault weapon.

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