Can the U.S. ban assault rifles?
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Democrat lawmakers in the U.S. say they’re moving forward with a new ban on the kind of assault weapons used in the mass shootings at a Texas elementary school and a supermarket in the city of Buffalo.
If passed, this would represent one of the toughest political responses to a string of mass shootings using high-powered guns. This kind of ban has been tried before.
CGTN’s Owen Fairclough reports.
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