The bill would make it "unlawful for a person to import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, a semiautomatic assault weapon." Democrats hope that such a ban will help prevent some future mass shootings. But not all Democrats are on board...
The 1994 U.S. “Federal Assault Weapons Ban,” which expired in 2004, defined a rifle as an “assault weapon” if, in addition to being semiautomatic, it could accept a detachable magazine and had at least two military-style features such as a folding or telescoping stock, a pistol grip...
By the hands of an AR-15, an assault-style weapon, our fellow citizens, fact, are killed by an AR-15/14, an assault-style weapon.” Click play to listen to the AURN News report from Jamie Jackson: Jamie Jackson is an Emmy-nominated television and radio broadcaster who has served ...
"This trial was on the merits of the case, and he found in our favor, and found that PICA's 'assault weapon' ban is unconstitutional under the 2nd and 14th amendments," he said. Rachel Jacoby of Highland Park was in Springfield on Jan. 10, 2023—the day Gov. JB Pritzker signed the...
There is never an instance where an assault weapon can be classified as a “weapon of defense.” The only way to describe these dangerous firearms are “weapons of war.”pic.twitter.com/xdgBNeadIt — Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell)July 20, 2022 ...
After the ban expired, however, the country saw an "almost immediate - and steep - rise in mass shooting deaths." The risk of a person in the U.S. dying in a mass shooting was 70 percent lower during the period in which the assault weapon ban was active, while the proportion of ove...
A23-year old Fresno man faces three counts of assault with a deadly weapon, accused of intentionally running down two teenaged bike riders, as well as another man on a bicycle. The incident started when the driver got out of his SUV to fight with a group of bike riders on the side of...
Let’s also think about the kind of teacher who wants to carry a weapon in a classroom. My brother was a security policeman in the Air Force, and he understands all too well the allure of weaponry to certain types of people. As he put it to me recently, “A gun is power. To some...
The current changes to gun laws under consideration include hardening school security, providing more funding for mental health care and ensuring that juvenile records can be considered when a person betweenthe ages of 18 and 21wants to buy a semi-automatic weapon. Federal incentives for states to...
Liberal MP Pam Damoff, the parliamentary secretary for Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino, said the definition will ensure that Canada has a fair and consistent standard for what constitutes an assault-style weapon, and that there will be no loopholes for gun manufacturers....