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assault gun

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assault gun
n.
1. An assault weapon.
2. A turretless armored vehicle having the chassis of a tank but mounting a larger gun, used in antitank combat and infantry support.
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Noun1.assault gun - any of the automatic rifles or semiautomatic rifles with large magazines designed for military useassault gun - any of the automatic rifles or semiautomatic rifles with large magazines designed for military use
assault rifle
automatic, automatic rifle, machine rifle - light machine gun
armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
2.assault gun - an armored vehicle with the chassis of a tank (but no turret) and a large gun; used as an antitank weapon and to support infantry
armored vehicle, armoured vehicle - a vehicle that is protected by armor plate
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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.
From gun control to bullet control by The New American
The bill would pay $100 for each assault gun given up to police or sheriff's departments.
BILL CALLS FOR WEAPON BUYBACKS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
And statistically, it wasn't particularly exceptional even for the United States, where assault guns arc everywhere; as an astute reporter pointed out in the aftermath, the number of kids killed in the Littleton assault - 14 - was no more than the average number of American kids killed by guns every day, year-round.
Notown by Ayres, Ed / World Watch
 
 
 
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