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assault gun [ə′sȯlt ‚gən] (ordnance) Any of various sizes and types of guns that are self-propelled or mounted on tanks and are used for direct fire from close range against point targets. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Last year, Republican congressional leaders simply ran out the clock on the 10-year-old federal assault gun ban, refusing to even call a vote on renewing it despite steady popular support for the law. The bill would pay $100 for each assault gun given up to police or sheriff's departments. Think of the Hebron incident of February 1994, when an Israeli settler fired into a crowded mosque with a Galil assault gun, killing dozens. |
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