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2023-05-10 12:41:19 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

"Assault Weapon" is not a term defined in the National Firearms Act, nor can the current Director of the ATF define it. Accordingly, calls to "ban assault weapons" are indefinite and may or may not include multiple types of, if not all, firearms. https://www.atf.gov/file/58141/download https://www.allsides.com/news/2023-04-18-1519/gun-control-and-gun-rights-not-firearms-expert-biden-s-atf-chief-admits-he-can

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• "Assault Weapon" is not a term defined in the National Firearms Act, nor can the current Director of the ATF define it. Accordingly, calls to "ban assault weapons" are indefinite and may or may not include multiple types of, if not all, firearms. https://www.atf.gov/file/58141/download https://www.allsides.com/news/2023-04-18-1519/gun-control-and-gun-rights-not-firearms-expert-biden-s-atf-chief-admits-he-can