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Bookmark or Share- Assault rifle - WikipediaAssault rifle. The StG 44 was adopted by the Wehrmacht in 1944. It fires the 7.92×33mm Kurz round. Currently the most used assault rifle in the world along with its variants, the AKM and the AK-74, the AK-47 was first adopted in 1949 by the Soviet Army. It fires the 7.62×39mm M43 round. The M16 was first introduced into service in 1964 with ...
- An Update on Challenges to State Assault Weapon and Magazine BansIn May 2023, Jake Charles published an overview of Second Amendment litigation challenging bans on certain kinds of semi-automatic firearms (often labeled assault weapons) at the state level. As the Court is preparing to confront its next assault weapons cert petition in Snope v. Brown (formerly Bianchi v. Brown) —a case challenging Maryland’s ban which was recently upheld by the en banc ...
- How the AR-15 Became America’s Most Dangerous WeaponEverything you need to know about AR-15 rifles—from what "AR" means, to why the weapon is so commonly used by mass shooters.
- The Truth About So-Called “Assault Weapons” - NRA-ILAGun control advocates adopted the term “assault weapon” from the military in an effort to deliberately confuse the public and advance the political cause of gun control. They now use it to...
- Understanding the 1994 assault weapons ban and why it endedCalls for a new assault weapons ban often crop up after mass shootings, and some lawmakers -- mostly Democrats -- hope to act upon those requests.
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