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GIDEON SCOURED THE SMOLDERING village until he found a military-grade shortwave radio in what had until recently been a communications room.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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Their report, prepared for Rep. Elijah Cummings D., Md., focuses on shortcomings in U.S. criminal law in pursuing what Mr. Cummings called "international drug cartels that are trafficking tens of thousands of military-grade assault weapons from the United States to Mexico."
Democrats to Take Aim at Gun Laws Amid ATF Probe Evan Perez 2011
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Which is exactly why I chose the term “military-grade semiautomatic weapons” rather than “assault weapon”.
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However, the M1 Garand, the Beretta BM59 and the Johnson M1941 rifle are all military-grade semi-automatic firearms.
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However, the M1 Garand, the Beretta BM59 and the Johnson M1941 rifle are all military-grade semi-automatic firearms.
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Now I see how, in your mind at least, the destruction of which a truckful of fertilizer and kerosene is capable ican be equated with that of a military-grade semi-automatic firearm and thus both items presumably should be equally free from “prohibition”.
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He was arrested carrying a military-grade assault rifle, authorities said.
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GIDEON SCOURED THE SMOLDERING village until he found a military-grade shortwave radio in what had until recently been a communications room.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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What is relevant is the seemingly countless numbers of mass shootings perpetrated by people who have slipped through the cracks of existing legislation to acquire military-grade semiautomatic weapons.
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What is relevant is the seemingly countless numbers of mass shootings perpetrated by people who have slipped through the cracks of existing legislation to acquire military-grade semiautomatic weapons.
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