U.S. Assault Weapons Ban Set to Expire
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Ten years after it was born out of the carnage of three California mass shootings, the federal assault weapons ban is fading out of existence Monday.
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The U.S. Congress agreed on Saturday to extend sanctions on Iran set to expire this weekend that are aimed at choking off funds that could aid Iran in developing nuclear weapons.
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With the federal ban on assault weapons set to expire next Monday, gun manufacturers are marketing military-style firearms and are ready to sell them as soon as Sept. 14, a consumer group said Tuesday.
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The House voted Wednesday to end a 28-year ban on handgun ownership in the nation&#39;s capital, brushing aside pleas from city officials concerned about a surge in violence and more heavily armed criminals.
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As a ban on assault weapons expired yesterday, John Kerry accused President George Bush of caving in to the powerful gun lobby and not fighting for an extension of the ban.
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The Christian Science Monitor - Since 1988, the European Union has had an embargo on selling weapons to Burma. The US has had one since 1993. But that&#39;s not stopping India from selling arms to the southeast Asia military regime.
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US and Haitian officials have discussed ending the 13-year arms embargo against the troubled Caribbean nation, Haitian radio reported Thursday.
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ST. LOUIS  - Democratic candidate John Kerry on  Friday said President Bush's failure to fight for a renewal of  a ban on assault weapons will make it easier for terrorists to  get the lethal weapons.
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It is now legal to purchase many kinds of semiautomatic weapons that were for sale only to the military and police in the United States for the past ten years.
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Democratic Sen. John Kerry on Monday accused President Bush of ducking his responsibility to protect the country from crime and terrorism by allowing a national assault weapons ban to expire.
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Sen. John Kerry sought to make President Bush pay a political price Monday for the expiration of a partial assault weapons ban, but other Democrats reacted warily on an issue that has hurt the party in recent elections.
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Gun control activists, health care  advocates and law enforcement groups geared up on Tuesday for a  last-ditch effort to prevent a 1994 ban on assault weapons from  expiring next week, but even its most ardent backers  acknowledge the drive is all but futile.
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The city of Washington is asking the US Supreme Court to uphold a three-decade ban on handguns in the nation&#39;s capital in a case that could have ramifications on gun control laws in other states.
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With its battle to kill the  decade-long U.S. ban on assault weapons won, the National Rifle  Association is now setting its sights on the Nov. 2  presidential and congressional elections.
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The House voted Wednesday to end a 28-year ban on handgun ownership in the nation's capital, brushing aside pleas from city officials concerned about a surge in violence and more heavily armed criminals.
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The federal ban on the sale of AK-47s and other weapons of choice for drug dealers and dangerous criminals, expired this
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Washington -- Sen. John Kerry outlined a $5 billion anti-crime package Monday and used the day on which the decade-old federal assault weapons ban expired to again rebuke President Bush for what the Democratic