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2023-05-15 19:04:44 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 5488257D85F79AD31D83334A5091ABB95B0234BA3636E532CB8E9D233F91EB3C
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"Assault weapon" is a politically adopted term by politicians uneducated on current gun laws. The term was initially coined to describe fully automatic weapons, which have been federally banned since 1986 https://giffords.org/lawcenter/gun-laws/policy-areas/hardware-ammunition/machine-guns-50-caliber/#:~:text=On%20May%2019%2C%201986%2C%20as,with%20two%20exceptions%2C%20described%20below.
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