Defining what is or isn’t an assault weapon is rather nebulous at its very core. However, the closest definition we can work with centers around a semi-automatic rifle with a military-style design.

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PROVIDENCE – On a day that brought some 2,000 gun rights advocates to the State House to rally against a so-called “assault weapons” bill, the chief sponsor acknowledged his proposal as written may go ...

The Supreme Court declined Tuesday to take up a challenge to Illinois’s ban on assault weapons, though not every justice on the high court agreed with the decision to do so. In a separate opinion, ...

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The House of Representatives voted Friday, in a narrow 217-213 vote, to pass the Assault Weapons Ban of 2022, a bill that would ban assault-style weapons. According to the Hill,... Speaking following ...

A Rhode Island House committee is scheduled to vote on an assault weapons ban on June 3. The bill would prohibit the manufacture, purchase, sale, transfer and possession of certain assault weapons, ...

Rhode Island's House on June 5 passed an assault weapons ban on a 43-28 vote following a long debate between gun-rights activists and supporters of the legislation. Gun-rights activists argue the ban ...

The Trump administration’s Justice Department has picked a high‑stakes fight with the nation’s capital, arguing that ...

Recent mass shootings in Minnesota and Michigan have renewed calls for action on gun violence. Studies suggest the 1994 federal assault weapons ban, which expired in 2004, was associated with a ...