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On the recordSeptember 24, 2019
By allowing killers to rapidly and repeatedly fire bullets at their human targets without stopping to reload, assault weapons are designed for maximum bloodshed.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Nadler argues that assault weapons facilitate mass shootings.

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