Assault Weapons facts
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A Florida man tossed an alligator through a drive-thru window. He was charged with “assault with a deadly weapon.”
Texas charged a man who knew he was infected with HIV with assault with a deadly weapon after the man committed sexual assault. The court concluded that under Texas’ laws, infected semen could be considered a deadly weapon.
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A 14-year-old faced Assault and Battery charges for attacking a teacher with a 'weapon'. The 'weapon' ended up being a baby carrot that she allegedly threw at the teacher.
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During the '92 Rodney King riots in LA, Korean store owners, afraid the LAPD would not come to their aid, banded together on rooftops with assault weapons and saved Koreatown from looting.
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In 2007 two teams of armed intruders stormed their way into a nuclear plant used to store weapons grade uranium from South Africa's decommissioned arsenal. The coordinated assault was thwarted by an off-duty firefighter, a plant employee, and their dog.
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A Florida man was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after throwing a live alligator through the open drive-in window of a fast food restaurant
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The creator of the Ak-47 assault rifle, Mikhail Kalashnikov, felt responsible for the death and destruction caused by the weapon.
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Boxer Luis Resto was sentenced to 2 and half years in prison for assault & criminal possession of a weapon after having padding removed from his gloves and soaking his hand wraps in plaster of Paris before a match with Billy Collins Jr.
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During the HK protest against China extradition law, HK police officers accused a blind person with a guiding stick as carrying a assault weapon
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Professional fighters can be charged with assault with a deadly weapon if they fight outside the ring. Their fists are legally considered weapons.
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In Florida throwing a live alligator at someone can result in assault charges. In 2016, Florida man Joshua James was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon for throwing an alligator through a Wendy's drive-thru window. No one was hurt and the gator was released to the wild.
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OJ Simpson won parole in 2013 for his kidnapping, robbery, and burglary convictions. For his assault with a deadly weapon and weapons-related convictions, he will eligible for parole next year, when he turns 70.
What is true about assault weapons?
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The term "assault weapon" is a political term, developed by anti-gun publicists to expand the category of "assault rifles" (they are not one and the same).
The Danziger Bridge shootings, where 4 cops open fired on civilians with assault weapons in the aftermath of Hurrican Katrina. In 2016, the perpetrators prosecuted had their sentences reduced to 12 years. - source
A Florida man once tossed an alligator through a drive-thru window. He was charged with ”Assault with a deadly weapon” - source
"The 40-Year-Old Virgin" actor Shelley Mathew Malil is currently serving a life sentence for attempted premeditated murder and assault with a deadly weapon.
