Assault Rifles

• Trudeau ‘a traitor’ unless gun bill overhauled, say families of Polytechnique victims

  In a letter to Trudeau made public Thursday, relatives of victims, survivors of the shooting and witnesses say the "dismal" Bill C-21 will not make society safer.

  Canada

  Mar 18, 2021
  
• Three men arrested after shots reportedly fired in Oliver, B.C., RCMP say

  “A search warrant was executed on the residence where police seized two assault style semi-automatic firearms, a quantity of ammunition, methamphetamine and cocaine."

  Canada

  Jun 3, 2020
  
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• New Zealand PM announces ban on semi-automatic and assault rifles after mosque shooting

  Jacinda Ardern said she expects the new law to be in place by April 11 and a buy-back scheme will be established for banned weapons.

  World

  Mar 20, 2019
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• Washington state bans people under 21 from buying assault rifles

  “We’ve seen that assault rifles are the weapon of choice for mass shootings,” said a spokesperson for the Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility.

  World

  Jan 1, 2019
• Dramatic South African cash van heist caught on camera

  Robbers armed with assault rifles and explosives blew up two armoured cash-carrying vans in Johannesburg this week in a brazen broad-daylight incident.

  Crime

  May 18, 2018
• Despite what the NRA says, arming adults in schools will make things worse: AP review

  They are the “good guys with guns” the NRA says are needed to protect students from shooters. Yet in a span of 48 hours in March, the three were responsible for gun safety lapses that put students in danger.

  World

  May 5, 2018
• Donald Trump mockingly suggests banning trucks, vans at NRA convention

  "Lets ban immediately all trucks, all vans, maybe all cars. How about cars? Let's not sell any more cars."

  World

  May 4, 2018
• U.S. judge says assault weapons are not protected by the 2nd Amendment

  Assault weapons and large-capacity magazines are not protected by the Second Amendment, a federal judge said in a ruling Friday upholding Massachusetts’ ban on the weapons.

  World

  Apr 6, 2018
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• Donald Trump says he will ban bump stock devices

  President Donald Trump says his administration will "BAN" bump stock devices that "turn legal weapons into illegal machines."

  Politics

  Mar 23, 2018
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• Trump reneges on call to raise minimum age to buy assault weapons

  The White House pledged to help states pay for firearms training for teachers and reiterated its call to improve the background check system as part of a new plan to prevent school shootings.

  World

  Mar 11, 2018