How to Use assault weapon in a Sentence

assault weapon

noun
  • In that case, some of the weapons made by a gang were assault weapons.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2019
  • There is no good reason for anyone to have an assault weapon.
    — Matt Seaton, The New York Review of Books, 3 Apr. 2021
  • But what about neo-Nazis who are toting around assault weapons?
    — Mark Joseph Stern, Slate Magazine, 14 Aug. 2017
  • The group argues that there is no such thing as a civilian assault weapon.
    — John Wildermuth, SFChronicle.com, 6 July 2018
  • Schools were safer when the federal assault weapons ban was in place.
    — Staff Reports, charlotteobserver, 17 Apr. 2018
  • In that case, some of the weapons, which police said were made by a gang, were assault weapons.
    — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 22 Nov. 2019
  • The rest were a mix of handguns, rifles and assault weapons, cops said.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Jean-Pierre called on Congress to pass an assault weapons ban.
    — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Any push for a new assault weapons ban seemed destined to fail in Congress.
    — Todd C. Frankel, Shawn Boburg, Josh Dawsey, Ashley Parker and Alex Horton, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Mar. 2023
  • No one needs to use an assault weapon to protect themselves while walking home at night.
    — Rubi Jones, Teen Vogue, 23 Mar. 2018
  • Lee was charged with murder and four counts of possession of an assault weapon.
    — Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 20 May 2026
  • That was the reason this board took the courageous step to ban assault weapons in our village.
    — Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 11 June 2018
  • Bosley and the group also worked to pass an assault weapons ban in Illinois last year.
    — Claretta Bellamy, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2024
  • There were always guns, but nothing like the assault weapons that line the shelves today.
    — David Joy, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2018
  • The idea of an assault weapon ban in Congress is pretty much off the table.
    — NBC News, 28 Mar. 2021
  • The government passed an assault weapons ban in response.
    — CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Other bills would ban ghost guns and restrict the peddling of small assault weapon look-alikes to children.
    — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2022
  • That same night, a man killed nine people with an assault weapon in Dayton, Ohio.
    — ExpressNews.com, 1 Sep. 2019
  • This is a good example of why a 17-year-old shouldn’t be running around with an assault weapon.
    — Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 19 Nov. 2021
  • At the time, Biden was one of the senators who pushed for the 10-year assault weapon ban.
    — Merdie Nzanga, USA TODAY, 20 July 2022
  • An assault weapons ban would keep guns designed for combat out of our communities.
    — Scott Peters, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The poll found that 56% back banning the sale of assault weapons, while 38% are opposed.
    — Laura Litvan, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2019
  • Young said the change was the result of his attempt to bring an assault weapons ban to the Assembly floor.
    — Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2018
  • In the aftermath of the shooting, Illinois passed an assault weapons ban.
    — Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Nine states have assault weapons bans in place, as gun control has become a hot topic at the Supreme Court.
    — Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
  • This was not the first time Maryland’s assault weapons ban had to pass a 4th Circuit challenge.
    — Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2024
  • There’s a surreal moment in the movie where Archer has a dream and sees a giant assault weapon floating over a house.
    — William Earl, Variety, 8 Aug. 2025
  • The day before, the DOJ sued Denver over its assault weapons ban.
    — Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 20 May 2026
  • The Supreme Court turns away a 2nd Amendment challenge to blue-state bans on assault weapons.
    — Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025
  • The bills would raise the age for possessing assault weapons, regardless of when they were made, from 18 to 21.
    — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023

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