US lawmakers banned assault weapons in 1994. Why can’t they now?
Calls to ban assault weapons regularly follow mass shootings but the effort remains stalled in the US Congress.
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Could any law prevent the next Monterey Park mass shooting?
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Mass shootings intensify reform efforts at grassroots level
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