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Assault weapons ban
July 16, 2024
Timothy Noah
Ban the AR-15 Rifle
Trump thought about it. Biden should do it.
July 2, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Clarence Thomas Pushes Dangerous Definition of Assault Weapons
Thomas was not happy the Supreme Court declined to hear arguments against an assault weapons ban in Illinois.
May 17, 2023
Tori Otten
Some Rare, Temporary Good News From the Supreme Court on Guns
The Supreme Court has declined to block an assault weapons ban in Illinois ... for now.
January 11, 2023
Prem Thakker
Illinois Becomes Ninth State to Ban Assault Weapons
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed a statewide ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, a few months after the mass shooting in Highland Park.
June 3, 2022
Walter Shapiro
Biden Is Doing Everything He Can to Keep Hope Alive for Gun Legislation
The president is walking a fine line between pushing meaningful legislation and alienating Republican senators.

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