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Three women, one clear pattern, pounce, kiss, grab, grope, don’t wait. When you’re a star you can do anything you want. And when they speak up about what happened, attack, humiliate them, call them liars. Call them too ugly to assault. – Shawn Crowley	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The legislature finds and declares that gun violence is a threat to the public health and safety of Washingtonians, assault weapons are civilian versions of weapons created for the military and are designed to kill humans quickly and efficiently. – House Bill 1240	Found on CNN 1 year ago
To anyone who has doubted the South, anyone who’s doubted the power of Tennesseans to advocate for an end to gun violence, anybody who’s doubted the movement to end assault weapons – anybody who’s doubted the movement, here’s your answer: The movement still lives. – Justin Pearson	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The preliminary ruling by a federal judge in Texas is an assault on science and the FDA’s long-standing role as the authority to make decisions on the safety and efficacy of medicines. For a court to invalidate the approval of a drug that was reviewed and approved more than two decades ago is without precedent. As legal scholars have noted, the courts do not have the medical expertise to make these types of scientific determinations. – Rachel King	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Rather than address the issue of banning assault weapons, my former colleagues, a Republican supermajority, are assaulting democracy, and that should scare all of us across the nation. – Justin Jones	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We called for you all to ban assault weapons, and you respond with an assault on democracy. – Justin Jones	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Just listen to us, there is absolutely no reason you should have assault rifles available to citizens in the public. It serves absolutely no purpose and it brings death and destruction on children. – Kevin Foster	Found on CNN 1 year ago
In the history of the United Nations, no other regime has ever tried to ban women from working for the Organization just because they are women. This decision represents an assault against women, the fundamental principles of the UN, and on international law. – Roza Otunbayeva	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I can’t do anything except plead with the Congress to act reasonably, i have done the full extent of my executive authority – to do on my own, anything about guns … The Congress has to act. The majority of the American people think having assault weapons is bizarre, it’s a crazy idea. They’re against that. And so I think the Congress could be passing an assault weapon ban. – Joe Biden	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I call on Congress again to pass my assault weapons ban. It’s about time that we began to make some more progress. – Joe Biden	Found on CNN 1 year ago
This is and remains a Russian frontal assault on the rules-based international order that has been in place for 80 years … since the end of World War II, ukraine matters. – Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool/AFP	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Kim Jong Un examined the actual war response posture of the 8th fire assault company under the unit charged with striking the enemy’s operation airport in the direction of the western front. – Rodong Sinmun	Found on CNN 1 year ago
When you look at how important anonymity is for rape and sexual assault survivors … their privacy is so critical, and if we don’t allow them to do these cases anonymously, then we are going to decrease the chances of holding perpetrators and institutions accountable when it comes to instances of sexual violence. – Stacy Malone	Found on CNN 1 year ago
While violence against health care in conflict zones is a global phenomenon, Russia’s assault on Ukraine’s health system in 2022 stands out for its scale and indiscriminate violence against civilian infrastructure, we have clearly seen from the pattern [in the data] a method of warfare which is incompatible with the respect for international humanitarian law and needs to be addressed. – Christina Wille	Found on CNN 1 year ago
A legend in California as the first woman senator, a legend in this Senate. She was the leader on so many different issues: assault weapons, environment, women’s rights and so much else. – Chuck Schumer	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I mean, it would be a very hard thing to see an assault on my husband’s life. – Nancy Pelosi	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
This is a great assault on other people’s freedom, their values, religion and beliefs. the filmmaker and its funders should be held accountable. – Mohammad Abu Suailik	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We did n’t fire many rounds during the military training, i was practicing with the T65 assault rifle, and I only shot about 40 rounds during the entire training period. – Paul Lee	Found on CNN 1 year ago
In our company, we had more than 100 assault rifles, but only slightly more than a dozen could be used for shooting practices. – Frank Liu	Found on CNN 1 year ago
President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023, during a ceremony to mark the second anniversary of the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol and to award Presidential Citizens Medals. Patrick Semansky/AP Biden honors January 6 democracy defenders : History will remember your names It’s hard not to become numb to it now, after two years. – District Judge Timothy Kelly	Found on CNN 1 year ago
He’s trying to show Russia remains a global player despite the costs and international condemnation of his assault on Ukraine, he can show his domestic audiences that the international reaction is not as effective as stated in the Western media and that Russia still has friends in key areas. – Carl Schuster	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I think that the estimate is high, and that is worthy of attention, but I also think that one needs to recognize that before launching into a full-out assault on the problem, it needs to have a clear understanding of why this problem is happening. – Beth Asch	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It’s time for Congress to stop playing political games and move forward with meaningful and common sense immigration reform. We are deeply troubled by the Sinema-Tillis framework’s continued assault on asylum seekers. – Fox News	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The idea we still allow semi-automatic weapons to be purchased is sick. Just sick, i’m going to try to get rid of assault weapons. – Hunter Biden	Found on FOX News 1 year ago

Three women, one clear pattern, pounce, kiss, grab, grope, don’t wait. When you’re a star you can do anything you want. And when they speak up about what happened, attack, humiliate them, call them liars. Call them too ugly to assault.

– Shawn Crowley

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The legislature finds and declares that gun violence is a threat to the public health and safety of Washingtonians, assault weapons are civilian versions of weapons created for the military and are designed to kill humans quickly and efficiently.

– House Bill 1240

Found on CNN
1 year ago

To anyone who has doubted the South, anyone who’s doubted the power of Tennesseans to advocate for an end to gun violence, anybody who’s doubted the movement to end assault weapons – anybody who’s doubted the movement, here’s your answer: The movement still lives.

– Justin Pearson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The preliminary ruling by a federal judge in Texas is an assault on science and the FDA’s long-standing role as the authority to make decisions on the safety and efficacy of medicines. For a court to invalidate the approval of a drug that was reviewed and approved more than two decades ago is without precedent. As legal scholars have noted, the courts do not have the medical expertise to make these types of scientific determinations.

– Rachel King

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Rather than address the issue of banning assault weapons, my former colleagues, a Republican supermajority, are assaulting democracy, and that should scare all of us across the nation.

– Justin Jones

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We called for you all to ban assault weapons, and you respond with an assault on democracy.

– Justin Jones

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Just listen to us, there is absolutely no reason you should have assault rifles available to citizens in the public. It serves absolutely no purpose and it brings death and destruction on children.

– Kevin Foster

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In the history of the United Nations, no other regime has ever tried to ban women from working for the Organization just because they are women. This decision represents an assault against women, the fundamental principles of the UN, and on international law.

– Roza Otunbayeva

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I can’t do anything except plead with the Congress to act reasonably, i have done the full extent of my executive authority – to do on my own, anything about guns … The Congress has to act. The majority of the American people think having assault weapons is bizarre, it’s a crazy idea. They’re against that. And so I think the Congress could be passing an assault weapon ban.

– Joe Biden

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I call on Congress again to pass my assault weapons ban. It’s about time that we began to make some more progress.

– Joe Biden

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This is and remains a Russian frontal assault on the rules-based international order that has been in place for 80 years … since the end of World War II, ukraine matters.

– Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool/AFP

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Kim Jong Un examined the actual war response posture of the 8th fire assault company under the unit charged with striking the enemy’s operation airport in the direction of the western front.

– Rodong Sinmun

Found on CNN
1 year ago

When you look at how important anonymity is for rape and sexual assault survivors … their privacy is so critical, and if we don’t allow them to do these cases anonymously, then we are going to decrease the chances of holding perpetrators and institutions accountable when it comes to instances of sexual violence.

– Stacy Malone

Found on CNN
1 year ago

While violence against health care in conflict zones is a global phenomenon, Russia’s assault on Ukraine’s health system in 2022 stands out for its scale and indiscriminate violence against civilian infrastructure, we have clearly seen from the pattern [in the data] a method of warfare which is incompatible with the respect for international humanitarian law and needs to be addressed.

– Christina Wille

Found on CNN
1 year ago

A legend in California as the first woman senator, a legend in this Senate. She was the leader on so many different issues: assault weapons, environment, women’s rights and so much else.

– Chuck Schumer

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I mean, it would be a very hard thing to see an assault on my husband’s life.

– Nancy Pelosi

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

This is a great assault on other people’s freedom, their values, religion and beliefs. the filmmaker and its funders should be held accountable.

– Mohammad Abu Suailik

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We did n’t fire many rounds during the military training, i was practicing with the T65 assault rifle, and I only shot about 40 rounds during the entire training period.

– Paul Lee

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In our company, we had more than 100 assault rifles, but only slightly more than a dozen could be used for shooting practices.

– Frank Liu

Found on CNN
1 year ago

President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023, during a ceremony to mark the second anniversary of the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol and to award Presidential Citizens Medals. Patrick Semansky/AP Biden honors January 6 democracy defenders : History will remember your names It’s hard not to become numb to it now, after two years.

– District Judge Timothy Kelly

Found on CNN
1 year ago

He’s trying to show Russia remains a global player despite the costs and international condemnation of his assault on Ukraine, he can show his domestic audiences that the international reaction is not as effective as stated in the Western media and that Russia still has friends in key areas.

– Carl Schuster

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I think that the estimate is high, and that is worthy of attention, but I also think that one needs to recognize that before launching into a full-out assault on the problem, it needs to have a clear understanding of why this problem is happening.

– Beth Asch

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It’s time for Congress to stop playing political games and move forward with meaningful and common sense immigration reform. We are deeply troubled by the Sinema-Tillis framework’s continued assault on asylum seekers.

– Fox News

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The idea we still allow semi-automatic weapons to be purchased is sick. Just sick, i’m going to try to get rid of assault weapons.

– Hunter Biden

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

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