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The only use for assault weapons is to shoot people.

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I generally oppose gun control, but I support the ban on assault weapons.

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Repealing the assault weapon bans opened a new market for military-style and exotic weapons for consumers. A lot of guys delight in having the biggest and most nasty-looking guns. That's one of the industry trends.

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The popularly held idea that the term ‘assault weapon’ originated with anti-gun activists, media or politicians is wrong. The term was first adopted by the manufacturers, wholesalers, importers and dealers in the American firearms industry to stimulate sales of certain firearms that did not have an appearance that was familiar to many firearm owners. The manufacturers and gun writers of the day needed a catchy name to identify this new type of gun.

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Assault weapons are versions of military rifles that are meant to kill people, not paper targets, clay pigeons or deer. They account for only a fraction of the guns sold and used in the United States, but they play a hugely outsize role in the national slaughter; rampage killers love them.

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The grotesque irony? The National Shooting Sports Foundation locale. They’ve taken the lead in working to rebrand assault weapons as modern sporting rifles.

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When the military switched over to this assault weapon, the whole context changed. The conversation became, ‘Is this the kind of gun you want in the civilian world?’ And we who advocate for regulation say, ‘No, you do not.’

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The Washington Post style guide describes the AR-15 as a "modern assault weapon."

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Assault weapons were designed for and should be used on our battlefields, not on our streets. There is no inalienable right to own and operate 100-round clips on AR-15 assault rifles.

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It speaks to the fact that there are a lot of young men in the U.S. who will never be in the military but feel that male compulsion to warriorhood. Owning an assault weapon is a passport to that.

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Assault weapons and high-capacity concealed carry handguns are the bread and butter of today's gun industry.

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Many police officers killed in the line of duty are killed by assault weapons, including 1 in 5 officers killed in 2014.

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A Pew poll last year found that 68 percent of Americans favor banning assault weapons, including 48 percent of gun owners.

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Yet exactly what constitutes an "assault weapon" is a contentious issue and something that riles up some gun advocates.

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If the law says someone under the age of 21 is too young to purchase a handgun, then it ought to say they’re too young to purchase an assault weapon.

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You could have a pistol that has 30 rounds in it. As far as I'm concerned, that's an assault weapon. I don't want somebody with 30-round magazines and a pistol coming into a public place. You can do a lot of damage in a short amount of time.

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