| Revision as of 15:06, 22 April 2014 editLightbreather (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users17,672 edits rv good-faith edit; Misplaced Pages can't misdirect readers by assuming that every one is searching for the federal ban that expired 10 years ago - there are active state bans, too, and proposals, and (according to some editors) AWBs in other countries← Previous edit | Revision as of 22:27, 22 April 2014 edit undoSue Rangell (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers9,776 edits That was not a ban it never passed stop pushing it pleaseNext edit → | ||
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| * The ], sometimes referred to as California's assault weapons ban. | * The ], sometimes referred to as California's assault weapons ban. | ||
| * The ] (AWB 1994), which was a ] that expired in 2004 based on a ] and is now defunct. | * The ] (AWB 1994), which was a ] that expired in 2004 based on a ] and is now defunct. | ||
| * The ] (AWB 2013), a ] proposed after the ] of December 2012 and that failed in ] in April 2013. | |||
| ==Sometimes mistaken for assault weapons bans== | ==Sometimes mistaken for assault weapons bans== | ||
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An assault weapons ban is a kind of gun law. It can also refer specifically to:
Specific laws that regulated firearms defined as assault weapons
- The Roberti-Roos Assault Weapons Control Act of 1989, sometimes referred to as California's assault weapons ban.
- The Assault Weapons Ban of 1994 (AWB 1994), which was a federal-level U.S. law that expired in 2004 based on a sunset provision and is now defunct.
Sometimes mistaken for assault weapons bans
- The Canadian Firearms Act, strengthened in Canada in the years following the 1989 École Polytechnique Massacre in Montreal.
- The 1996 National Firearms Agreement and Buyback Program in Australia after the Port Arthur massacre.
- The Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997 effectively banned civilian handgun ownership in the U.K. after the Dunblane Primary School massacre.
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