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'They did it!': Activists celebrate Washington for passing assault weapons ban

Apr 25, 2023 View Original Article
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    10% Center

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    85% ReliableGood

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    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -21% Negative

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41% : Please try again later{{ /verifyErrors }}Anti-gun violence activists praised Washington state on Tuesday for passing an assault weapons ban, as a string of high-profile incidents in recent months have brought renewed attention to the persistence of mass shootings in the US involving high-powered weapons.
39% :Washington joins the nine other states with assault weapons bans: California, Connecticut, Delware, Hawai'i, Illinois, Maryland, Masschusetts, New Jersey, and New York, according to Axios.
31% : The White House, which has long (and thus far fruitlessly) advocated for renewing the assault weapons ban Joe Biden helped pass as a senator, praised the effort out of Washington.

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