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The shooter was armed with an AR-15, one of the firearms commonly referred to as an assault weapon.
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Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
For more than a decade, the justices have turned away gun-rights appeals that challenged local or state bans on assault weapons.
—David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
Craig Steven Miceli, 54, is charged with one count of shooting at an occupied vehicle, three counts of assault with a firearm, and two counts of possession of an assault weapon.
—Christine Pelisek, People.com, 30 May 2025
Gilbert Berry, 43, of Oakland, is charged with murder and possession of an assault weapon in the fatal shooting on May 22 of Jacoby Diego Morales, who had addresses in Las Vegas and San Francisco.
—Harry Harris, Mercury News, 28 May 2025
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Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
For more than a decade, the justices have turned away gun-rights appeals that challenged local or state bans on assault weapons.
—David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
Craig Steven Miceli, 54, is charged with one count of shooting at an occupied vehicle, three counts of assault with a firearm, and two counts of possession of an assault weapon.
—Christine Pelisek, People.com, 30 May 2025
Gilbert Berry, 43, of Oakland, is charged with murder and possession of an assault weapon in the fatal shooting on May 22 of Jacoby Diego Morales, who had addresses in Las Vegas and San Francisco.
—Harry Harris, Mercury News, 28 May 2025
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“Assault weapon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assault%20weapon. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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