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assault weapon

noun

  1. any of various automatic and semiautomatic military firearms utilizing an intermediate-power cartridge, designed for individual use. Compare assault rifle.


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Every household with a male in it is allowed to have an assault weapon, no questions asked.

Are they these extreme conservatives who are right-to-life, pro-assault-weapon, anti-gay?

As the old saying goes: if you want to shoot an assault weapon, go enlist.

Since 1994, when an activist position on gun control—remember the assault-weapon ban?

“An assault weapon in the hands of a young woman defending her babies in her home becomes a defense weapon,” Trotter said.

Which meant that the Throgs had in turn some assault weapon they believed superior, for they radiated confidence now.

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