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2023-05-15 05:54:55 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: AC2A424C83A978AA557EDC1792E027BEAC571C8B0CB081D37EE9E800F1839575
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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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