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The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa., Paul Carpenter column

Carpenter, Paul

2012

Overview

On Saturday, The Morning Call ran a story about six congressional candidates being asked if there should be a ban on \"assault weapons\" in view of the rampage by Holmes, who, the story said, used \"an AR-15 assault rifle\" and other weapons. \"Assault weapon\" is a term concocted out of thin air by politicians, and the AR-15 was one of the \"assault weapons\" banned by a 1994 federal law, which expired in 2004.

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