Federal Ban on Assault Weapons Expiring
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BOISE, Idaho - The expiration Monday of a 10-year federal ban on assault weapons means firearms like TEC-9s can now be legally bought - a development that has critics upset and gun owners pleased.    The 1994 ban, signed by President Clinton, outlawed 19 types of military-style assault weapons...
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Restrictions on shooting and selling game dating back to the 1830s will end in England and Wales from August.
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WASHINGTON - 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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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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Â· Guns and equipment already handed overÂ· Insurgents promise not to attack Americans
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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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Monday at midnight, a decade-long federal ban against the sale of certain semi-automatic assault weapons will expire. That is, if Congress doesn&#39;t present a bill for President Bush to sign authorizing an extension of the law.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti  - Haiti's prime minister on   Friday asked Washington to lift the 15-year-old arms embargo   that bars the troubled Caribbean country from buying U.S.   weapons for its ill-equipped police force.
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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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Police officials from across the  country on Wednesday warned that dangerous assault weapons will  flood U.S. streets if the ban on those guns expires next week  but Republican congressional leaders expressed no concerns  about letting the restriction lapse.
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The U.S. military's soaring demand for small-arms ammunition, fueled by two wars abroad, has left domestic police agencies less able to quickly replenish their supplies, leading some to conserve rounds by cutting back on weapons training, police officials said.
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Congress last week passed legislation that extends by three years the prohibition of states and localities from imposing &quot;discriminatory&quot; taxes on electronic commerce, and the ban on Internet access taxes.
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WASHINGTON -- Hours before it once again became legal to sell military-style assault weapons, Democratic Sen. John Kerry sharply criticized President Bush on Monday for supporting an extension of the 10-year gun ban while doing little to make it happen.
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President lobbied hard Thursday for renewal of Protect America Act, which expires Feb. 16.
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BOISE, Idaho - The expiration Monday of a 10-year federal ban on assault weapons means firearms like AK-47s, Uzis and TEC-9s can now be legally bought - a development that has critics upset and gun owners pleased.    The 1994 ban, signed by President Clinton, outlawed 19 types of military-style assault weapons...
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SAN FRANCISCO - 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.    While manufacturers look for a boom in business as people buy up previously banned weapons like AK-47s, Uzis and TEC-9s, police chiefs warn of an upsurge in crime...
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With only a few days to go before a ban on Internet taxes expires, the Senate approved a measure to extend the prohibition for seven years. The House approved a similar bill last week, but the differences must now be ironed out in a final bill submitted to President Bush before the current law runs out on November 1.