Assault with a deadly weapon
In the wake of recent mass-shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, both of which involved the deadly use of semi-automatic weapons, US Vice-President Kamala Harris has denounced access to such firearms within the USofArmaments, stating: An assault weapon is a weapon of war
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Well, duh! That's why they're called assault weapons, innit lady? It's cuz they're designed for military assault. The clue is in the name.
Did no one think of this shit before now? (SMH)
Before travelling to Uvalde, Mr Biden told students in Delaware that it was still possible to "make America safer" but as he seeks cross-party support for tighter gun regulations, he's in direct conflict with leading Republicans who blame the problem on issues of school security and mental health, rather than guns.
Will Grant, BBC News
Meanwhile, while the rest of the world deals with mental health issues within its populations, school security doesn't appear to be a problem. Strange, that. I wonder what it could possibly mean…(thinking)