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Beyond that, it is a PR and fundraising battle over new laws banning the so-called assault rifles and high capacity magazine clips.
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That bill expired in 2004 but, had it still been in place, it is unlikely the Arizona gunman would have been able to walk into a sports store and purchase the high capacity magazine he used on Saturday.
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At the same time, those who view relatively unlimited gun ownership as an essential and non-assailable right granted to us all in the Bill of Rights must begin to better understand and appreciate why anti-gun advocates simply cannot see the sense and logic behind making combat style weapons and high capacity magazine clips available to civilian purchasers.
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Given the responsibilities of an American citizen, ownership of an assault rifle with a high-capacity magazine would seem to be a minimum requirement.
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And while many people hope to use the shooting as ammunition to ban gun sales, gun shops in Arizona are reporting an explosion in high-capacity magazine sales.
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The type of assault rifle used in Aurora, for example, when paired with a high-capacity magazine, has one purpose: to pump out as many bullets as possible, as fast as possible.
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Senators in quick succession yesterday voted down an assault weapons ban, a high-capacity gun magazine ban and enhanced background checks.
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Washington (CNN) -- No employees of NBC will face criminal charges over the display of a high-capacity ammunition magazine on a "Meet the Press" program in violation of local law in Washington, prosecutors told the network on Friday.
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Given the uncertain benefit of restricting magazine size, not to mention the tens of millions of "high capacity" magazines in circulation, something near that number may be a constitutional minimum.
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